Tuskegee, tip of the iceberg

This past weekend, after Trump issued his executive order to get rid of DEI in all federal agencies, a massive air force training base in Texas eliminated any and all courses making any mention of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black pilots in the US military. There was a massive outcry against this decision, even among Republican senators. Even though the Pentagon initially defended the decision, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was eventually forced to publicly decry it. Not long after, the decision was reversed by the head of Air Education and Training Command. Like many people, I’ve long had a sense that Trump and his right-wing cultural warriors were poking at a hornets’ nest when it comes to institutional […]