The directive, sent on January 22 and obtained by 404 Media, states:
“Per NASA HQ direction, we are required to scrub mentions of the following terms from our public sites by 5pm ET today. This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request. Note that the list below is the list that exists this morning, but it may grow as the day goes on.
DEIA
Diversity (in context of DEIA)
Equity (“ “)
Inclusion (“ “)
Accessibility (“ “)
MSI
Minority Serving Institution
Indigenous People
EEJ
EJ
Environmental Justice
Underrepresented groups/people
Anything specifically targeting women (women in leadership, etc.)”
Anything specifically targeting women (women in leadership, etc.)
Hooooly fuck.
They’re really not hiding it anymore. Well, I guess that’s not new, but still, holy fuck. This might be some malicious compliance from NASA administrators or something.
This is some ridiculous bullshit.
It’s just bonkers, but in a scary clown kinda way.
I’m kinda amazed at the prescience of the handmaids tale and other dystopian novels.
Hooooly fuck.
They’re really not hiding it anymore. Well, I guess that’s not new, but still, holy fuck. This might be some malicious compliance from NASA administrators or something.
53,% of voting white women voted for this. Maybe they’ll wake up when their birth control gets taken.
Maybe that edgy atheist was right all along.
Some of that I can see. They don’t want to continue the narrative of oh the poor minorities.
Then again, this is way more of a blanket than anything. Scrubbing all mentions of things like “equity” is a little crazy.