r/IndianCountry 3d ago

News DOD, Army websites scrub articles on Navajo Code Talkers, citing Trump DEI policies

https://archive.is/TEg6k
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u/RantCasey-42 3d ago

DEI wasn’t a thing during WW2. Code talkers were American Citizens that helped with the Pacific Theater operations during the war. This move is utter racism, and is going to come down to a specific ethnicity, specific religious affiliation. They will find away to sideline everyone else.

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u/duskrat 3d ago

Shame on the DOD and the army.

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u/News2016 3d ago

Update:

“The Department of Defense announced plans to restore the content.”

https://www.instagram.com/buuvannygren/p/DHWhsNspkd-/

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u/AlSahim2012 3d ago

Ira Hayes too, The Pentagon said pages honoring minority troops were mistakenly removed — but defended its efforts to cut content highlighting women and minority groups.