Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters ‘DEI’ added to website address

Summary

The U.S. Department of Defense removed the webpage honoring Maj. Gen. Charles C. Rogers, a Black Vietnam War hero awarded the Medal of Honor in 1970.

The page now returns a “404” error, and its URL was changed to include “DEI.” Rogers, the highest-ranking African American to receive the medal, was awarded by President Nixon in 1970 for heroism during the Vietnam War.

The deletion follows Trump’s efforts to roll back DEI initiatives in the federal government, including an executive order terminating diversity programs.

The Defense Department has not commented on the removal.

  • Helvetica@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    48·
    6 hours ago

    General Bone Spurs has decided to erase the accomplishments of every non white military figure. Tell me what possible reason there is for this aside from racism. Any reason. Make up the most ridiculous bullshit you can imagine. You can’t do it. You can’t justify this.

    Trump is a racist. MAGA is racist.

    • Freshparsnip@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      3 hours ago

      That’s what I’ve been wondering. These heinous acts are supposed to have good faith excuses, aren’t they? Some way to try and pretend it isn’t racist? “The people being deported are dangerous criminsls” (I don’t believe that, but that’s the excuse). What is the non-racist justification for erasing the accomplishments of black people?

    • punksnotdead@slrpnk.netEnglish
      10·
      3 hours ago

      America is racist.

      Not every American, obviously.

      But as a nation, institutionally, America is racist.

      Some times it’s more so than others, but it always is, to varying degrees throughout its history.