First day and Trump has signed an executive order to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As someone that kind of watches politics from the outside and doesn’t really participate too much, I can see why Trump, Republicans, and more importantly White Americans would want to dissolve DEI.
For 100s of years some white Americans have been able to live an exclusive lifestyle, meaning that in some instances they’ve been favored or allowed a life that the majority of minorities have only been able to watch from the outside.
If we are honest, the American public has always been divided. Though law markers have passed bills and laws, America’s culture hasn’t been accepting of these changes. These changes have been abrupt, and real change takes time.
DEI was originally enforced to allow minorities an opportunity at getting a foot in the door, at a time where the majority of place wouldn’t permit people of color a fair shot or equal opportunity as their white counterparts. Again, Abruptly forcing change instead of resolving racial issues that had created these issues in the first place.
Today, White Americans are feeling as if they’re losing power because they can no longer decide who can and who can not step into their “safe spaces”. Places that were exclusively white for years, now have many different faces that don’t remain inside the box White American had them in. And though these minorities aren’t breaking the law, they are unapologetically being themselves. Minorities are no longer living in fear as past generations did and are proud of who and what they are.
For years White Americans have been told that other races and ethnic groups were beneath them, for whatever reason they believe. Now they’re seeing that what they once believed, what their father and grandfather once told them may be a lie. And rather than change, they’d rather close the door.
Because these DEI laws aren’t only allowing racial minorities into traditionally white space, but also members of the LGBTQ+ community. A community that a lot of Americans have taken issue with and though their issues are not resolved, the LGBTQ+ community are welcomed in these spaces but culturally nothing has changed.
White American could feel that they are losing their ground in these places. Even though they outnumber these communities, White Americans don’t want to share these places. Just the very sight of a minority is affront to them.
America’s been fighting against these changes for generations, both sides passing down the torch to keep the battle going. Both feeling justified in their actions. Both white Americans and minorities are in our own bubbles that are clashing together like a venn diagram, each thinking that the other group is out to get them.
Burning in paradise 