NPR March 19 main headline
npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5317567/federal-websites-lgbtq-diversity-erased
The SBA (Small Business Administration) staffer said the minor
task of removing a photo of a group of Americans
(varying ages, genders, skin colors) smiling in front of a display board
"If someone says stop everything , do this specifically . .
it's been reserved for instances when there's like a system failure;
To have an immediate deployment of a visual change is very,
very uncommon!"
HISTORIANS warn that this kind of systematic erasure
has in the past come when governments strip rights from
people, starting from the most marginalized groups!
A troubling example from the Defense Department (Pentagon)
are deletion of pages celebrating the military service of
Jackie Robinson, Japanese-Americans
serving in WW II, Navajo Code talkers.
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