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(((Cindy Weinstein)))

As @laffy likes to say, irony is dead.
"The booing incident prompted a retort from Grenell: “It troubles me to see that so many in the audience appear to be white and intolerant of diverse political views. Diversity is our strength.”

You know what troubles me? concentrations camps. & if diversity is our strength, why delete medal of honor recipients who aren't white men? The computer programming instruction says deimedalofhonor.

#Diversity
#Equity
#Inclusion
#Veterans
#USPol

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(((Cindy Weinstein)))

As @laffy likes to say, irony is dead.
"The booing incident prompted a retort from Grenell: “It troubles me to see that so many in the audience appear to be white and intolerant of diverse political views. Diversity is our strength.”

You know what troubles me? concentrations camps. & if diversity is our strength, why delete medal of honor recipients who aren't white men? The computer programming instruction says deimedalofhonor.

#Diversity
#Equity
#Inclusion
#Veterans
#USPol

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Nonilex

US court allows #Trump to enforce ban on #DEI programs, for now

A US appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a judge's ruling that had blocked the Trump admin from implementing bans on #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs at #FederalAgencies & #businesses that contract with the federal government.

#law #USpol #whitewashing #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism
reuters.com/world/us/us-court-

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Nonilex

>50 #universities are being investigated for alleged *racial* #discrimination as part of #Trump’s campaign to end #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs that his ofcls say *exclude* white & Asian American students.

The #Education Dept announced the investigations Fri, 1 month after issuing a memo warning #schools & #colleges that they could lose federal money over “race-based preferences” in admissions, scholarships or any aspect of student life.

#law #idiocracy
apnews.com/article/trump-dei-u

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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

I'm proud to share a research article our research team recently published. It examines health insurance and non-medical challenges Vietnamese Americans faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Disaggregating data unmasks disparities within different populations. We wouldn't see this if we included this group within the broader Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander umbrella.

mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/2/189

MDPIExamining Health Insurance and Non-Medical Challenges Among Vietnamese Americans in Texas During the COVID-19 PandemicWhen COVID-19 data on Asian Americans are available, they are frequently aggregated, concealing community-specific concerns. Consequently, there is limited COVID-19 literature on Vietnamese Americans. In this study, we investigated the association between health insurance coverage and non-medical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Vietnamese Americans in Texas. The NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Common Survey 2 was administered electronically in English and Vietnamese and contained 23 questions about non-medical drivers of health, COVID-19 vaccination, and research participation. Vietnamese American adults in Texas were recruited between September 2021 and March 2022 via partnerships with community organizations. Responses were compared and analyzed using logistic regression. Of 217 respondents, 23 (11%) were uninsured. Of the uninsured participants, 43% lost health insurance coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic. Uninsured individuals had significantly higher odds of experiencing non-medical challenges, including obtaining housing (OR = 6.10, p < 0.001), food (OR = 6.41, p < 0.001), and medications (OR = 3.45, p < 0.05) than insured individuals. Uninsured individuals had a significantly longer time-lapse since seeing a healthcare provider (ordinal OR = 0.20, p < 0.05) than insured individuals. Thus, lack of insurance is strongly associated with non-medical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic among Vietnamese Americans in Texas. Disaggregating data can address non-medical drivers of health, advancing equity for marginalized communities.
#PublicHealth#insurance#diversity
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"But those new rules were reversed in January after nearly two dozen states sued the Biden administration to block separate parts of the measure aimed at protecting LGBTQ students from discrimination. In January, a federal judge struck down the changes, which tossed out the expanded protections for pregnant and parenting students, too."

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/title

NBC News · Pregnant and parenting students face loss of new Title IX protectionsBy Bracey Harris
#ReproductiveHealth#ReproductiveJustice#pregnancy
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Nonilex

By now you have all read about what is going on w/ #Trump’s #Defense Dept’s anti-#DEI initiative, in which nefarious policies are birthing hilarious results. Namely, as the Associated Press reported last week, somebody at the #Pentagon produced a database flagging images depicting #diversity, #equity & #inclusion. And some dutiful search-&-replace function suggested that #military websites should jettison images of the #EnolaGay. Because, Enola “Gay.”

#idiocracy #hate
apnews.com/article/dei-purge-i

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Nonilex

“If anybody needed a clearer sign that this administration gives not a single damn for the people of the #UnitedStates, this is it,” Matthew Tejada, a fmr #EPA ofcl who is now a snr VP for #EnvironmentalHealth at the Natural Resources Defense Fund, a nonprofit.
Molly Vaseliou, an EPA spox, described the moves as *organizational improvements* that align w/ #Trump’s orders to end *wasteful* spending & #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs.
#law #EnvironmentalJustice #PublicHealth #HealthEquity

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Nonilex

While #Trump suggests the federal govt is doing too much on #education, he also demands that it do more. The #ExecutiveOrder is expected to amplify Trump’s call for #schools to excise *illegal discrimination* in the *guise* of #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs or risk losing federal #funding, which accounts for about 10% of #K12 public #school dollars & a significant share of higher education funding.

#law#censorship#whitewashing
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Nonilex

Starting Wed, >100k people, many of them parishioners at #BlackChurches, are pledging to abstain from shopping at #Target, part of a 40-day nationwide #boycott of the retail giant more than a month after the company abandoned its #diversity, #equity & #inclusion initiatives.

The effort, led by prominent faith & #CivilRights leaders such as Pastor Jamal Bryant, includes Atlanta, Houston, Jacksonville, & Alexandria.

#economy #FreeSpeech #law #USpol #Trump #discrimination
washingtonpost.com/business/20

Washington Post · From pulpit to protest: What the 40-day boycott of Target is aboutJamal Bryant and other Black faith leaders rally against the retailer’s DEI rollback with a Lent-length “Target Fast.”
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