The DEI Lie: How This Administration is Waging a War on Minorities Under the Banner of ‘Fairness’

The latest trend in right-wing governance isn’t just banning books or ranting about “woke indoctrination”—it’s straight-up erasing history and locking the doors on diversity efforts under the pretense of “merit.” This administration, in a move that would make Orwell cringe, has decided that acknowledging racism is more offensive than racism itself.

For anyone still clinging to the idea that these changes are about “protecting fairness” and “restoring balance,” here’s your wake-up call: this isn’t about neutrality—it’s about entrenching power, silencing marginalized voices, and rewriting history to fit a sanitized, whitewashed version of America.

Let’s get into the receipts.

Wiping Minority Contributions from Military History

You’d think that if someone literally saved America’s ass in a war, they’d at least get a government website shoutout. Nope. The Department of Defense, under its new “let’s pretend race never mattered” policy, scrubbed content recognizing the Native American Code Talkers—the heroes who used their indigenous languages to create unbreakable codes in World War II. Because nothing screams “respect for the troops” like deleting their contributions from history (The Guardian, March 18, 2025).

And it’s not just them. The administration removed an article about Jackie Robinson’s fight against segregation in the military, because, apparently, reminding people that the U.S. Army once court-martialed a Black man for refusing to move to the back of a bus is just too uncomfortable (The Guardian, March 19, 2025).

The reason given? A policy banning “identity-based” narratives. Translation: if a historical event involves racism, sexism, or oppression, it never happened.

Federal Contracts: DEI is Out, Discrimination is Back In

While stripping history is bad enough, the administration isn’t stopping there. It’s making sure the future is just as bleak as the past. A new federal rule now prohibits contractors from considering race, gender, or other identity-based factors in hiring and promotions (NPR, March 18, 2025).

What this actually means is that businesses risk losing government contracts if they try to fix systemic discrimination in hiring. Gone are the days when companies could openly work to diversify their workforces. Now, if a contractor so much as considers equity, they could find themselves blacklisted. Because, you know, acknowledging inequality is now the real crime.

Corporate Fearmongering: Drop DEI or Else

Federal agencies aren’t the only ones forced into submission. The administration has turned corporate America into its latest battleground, pressuring companies to abandon diversity efforts under legal threats.

Take Roche, a global pharmaceutical giant. Rather than risk violating America’s new anti-diversity orders, they’ve completely abandoned their global diversity hiring targets (Reuters, March 19, 2025). Their Chief Diversity Officer was quietly shuffled out, their public commitments to equity vanished, and internal memos made it clear: DEI is now a liability.

This is what happens when the government weaponizes policy to ensure that corporate America remains as white, male, and homogeneous as possible.

Government Surveillance: DEI is Now a Crime

And if all this wasn’t dystopian enough, the administration decided to turn federal workers into DEI informants. A new directive orders employees to report any DEI-related activities within their agencies or face "adverse consequences" (Business Insider, January 2025).

Think about that. DEI has become such a dangerous concept that government workers are now expected to snitch on colleagues for something as simple as advocating for a diverse hiring pool or mentioning workplace inclusion.

We’re one step away from secret DEI police showing up at HR departments demanding to know who dared suggest that a workplace reflect America’s actual demographics.

This Isn’t About Fairness—It’s About Power

Let’s drop the pretense: this isn’t about promoting “merit” or “protecting fairness.” It’s about preserving a status quo that has always favored those already in power.

By deleting the achievements of minority figures from history, they rewrite the past.
By banning DEI in federal contracts, they ensure businesses stop addressing discrimination.
By scaring corporations into dropping diversity programs, they maintain an old boys’ club.
By forcing federal workers to report DEI, they create a climate of fear.

This is not a coincidence. It is a coordinated effort to undo decades of progress and cement inequality as the law of the land.

They claim that DEI was divisive, that it gave unfair advantages, that it made some people “feel guilty.” What they won’t admit is that DEI wasn’t the problem—the real problem was that it worked.

And that’s why they’re tearing it all down.