Trump’s ‘DEI’ Purge: a Trojan Horse to Overturn Civil Rights and Erase History
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
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🗓️ 30 January 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Trump and the billionaires are using the attack on DEI and “woke” policies as a Trojan horse for all-out war against Black America. They’re targeting the achievements and reforms of the civil rights movement, which expanded democracy for all U.S. residents. The stage is now set for an epic battle about the direction of this country.
Brian is joined by Eugene Puryear, an author and political organizer, and co-host of The Freedom Side LIVE, a live video show every Thursday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern on BreakThrough News.
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| 0:00.0 | Trump and the billionaires have launched an all-out war against Black America. |
| 0:06.0 | They are targeting the civil rights achievements and reforms of the 1950s and 60s and 1970s. |
| 0:13.0 | That was a movement that changed America that expanded democracy for everyone. |
| 0:18.0 | The stage is now set for an epic battle about the direction of this country. |
| 0:23.6 | We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded |
| 0:29.6 | impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to the Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:02.0 | Today we're talking once again with Eugene Per Year. |
| 1:05.0 | Eugene is an author. He's a political organizer. |
| 1:08.0 | He's the co-host of Freedom Side Live, a live video show every Thursday |
| 1:12.9 | from 3 to 5 p.m. Eastern on Breakthrough News. Eugene, welcome back. Brian, thank you so much for having |
| 1:19.5 | me again. Thank you. The media, Eugene, is, you know, basically dominated by headlines like |
| 1:26.3 | a breathtaking first week or second week of the |
| 1:29.6 | Trump administration, executive orders, what to make of it. Well, I believe the thing to make of it |
| 1:35.5 | is a slightly disguised but very real war against black America. It'll be a war against Latino America, |
| 1:44.9 | against women, against gay people, against disabled people. |
| 1:47.4 | But it's starting with and is mainly focused as a war against black America |
| 1:52.0 | under the pretext of eliminating DEI, |
| 1:56.7 | diversity, equity, and inclusion. |
| 1:59.8 | Anyway, this is going to be an epic battle. Let's talk about it. |
| 2:03.5 | No, I think you're right. And in fact, in a way, the most important thing to start is to define the |
| 2:08.9 | stakes of the battle. Because in the context of, you know, quote unquote DEI, which is, you know, |
| 2:14.1 | just like critical race theory before, you know, it's a slogan that's designed to really hide the impact of what's going on. |
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