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Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites (www.404media.co)
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[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 121 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (14 children)

Janet Petro—the first woman to hold the position since its founding 67 years ago—wrote that diversity programs “divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars, and resulted in shameful discrimination,”

In 2021, when she was the director of Kennedy Space Center, she spoke at length in an interview about the value of diversity, saying “our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility has been paramount to mission success.”

The turnaround is giving me whiplash.

There's no begrudging following of the rules, it's wholeheartedly embracing the new regime.

[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The quote from the email isn't her words. They were given to her (and all agency heads) to send out to their workforce to implement the EO. It should not be taken as "embracing the new regime".

[–] Tja@programming.dev 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So... "she's just following orders"?

[–] seeking_perhaps@mander.xyz 15 points 2 weeks ago

She sent the email. They're her words now.

[–] olympicyes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

They need to give all interviews in with an Inspector Clouseau accent to let us know they are under duress like the US pilot who was put on TV during the first gulf war.

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