The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has temporarily rejected a draft action plan submitted by the City of Asheville, North Carolina, because it proposed using Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) criteria for distributing Hurricane Helene disaster relief funds.
HUD allocated $225 million in Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery funding to Asheville to address unfulfilled disaster-related needs following Hurricane Helene. However, the department objected to a section of the draft action plan that stated: “Within the Small Business Support Program, the City will prioritize assistance for Minority and Women Owned Businesses (MWBE) within the scoring criteria outlined within the policies and procedures.”
“HUD looks forward to helping thousands of North Carolinians rebuild after Hurricane Helene by directing funding assistance to impacted businesses, non-profit organizations and neighborhoods,” said HUD Secretary Scott Turner in a statement. “However, Asheville’s draft action plan incorporated DEI criteria to prioritize some impacted residents over others, which was unacceptable. After HUD informed Asheville that its plan was unsatisfactory and it would not be approved, the city assured us that it was updating its draft action plan to be compliant.”
Turner added, “Once again, let me be clear DEI is dead at HUD. We will not provide funding to any program or grantee that does not comply with President Trump’s executive orders.”
What is wrong with the people running Asheville? DEI is pure Marxist, racist, anti-American evil. The irony of DEI is that it’s designed to make “minorities” fail by promoting people to positions for which they are not qualified. The ultimate goal of the left is to have DEI (among many things) destroy Western Civilization with unqualified people being made surgeons, engineers, pilots, etc.
Define Marxism.
Marxism is a social, economic, and political philosophy developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, emphasizing class struggle, economic determinism, and the eventual transition to a communist society through revolution
The intent of Trump’s appointees is that their appointment is designed to make government fail by promoting people to positions for which they are not qualified. The ultimate goal of Trump is to have his appointees assist him in the destruction of the United States and Western Civilization with unqualified people being put into positions for which they are unqualified. It’s called a “decapitation strike.” There, I fixed it for you.
“We The People” is full of shit!
I had a neighbor who was at the top of her class in electrical engineering. a great person, intelligent, kind, funny. After graduating no one would hire this person. Why? She was a woman and it was 1972. She needed a job and so she took a job at the post office. A waste of a fine mind. DEI would have helped.
People just don’t get it. Not what you think.
No, she would not have been merely due to the fact that she was educated, now had she applied for that Engineering job as a minority Woman with no education, then yes, DEI would have made her a candidate.
1972??? I think we have had a few birthdays since then! For a while there woman were not allowed to vote, do you think we need to spend money for woman voting??? We cannot live in a world that existed in 1972 This is 53 years ago!!!
Ever noticed that people who spew venom typically are unwilling to put their name out there like “We The People”.
DEI is cultural Marxism. Those attempting to implement it should see the inside of a correctional institution or consider immigration to China or North Korea. Don’t be lured into flowery words from these Marxists. It is purely reverse discrimination, violating the 14th amendments equal protection clause.
That’s because We The People and Jeff Willis are white males never had to deal with discrimination for ethnicity or gender. We The People rename yourself because true American patriots care for their fellow citizens, democracy and their country to not be made the laughing stock of the world and we don’t share your values of me first. Just call it what it is Trump Cult Member.
This is discrimination against white males.
This is why the world is laughing at us.
democrats are still trying to divide us at every opportunity.
Folks, let’s put the politics aside. What the city of Asheville was proposing is discrimination and against the law. Period.
Well said Lisa Wilson… Discrimination in any form is still discrimination.
I am a woman.. and this DEI being taught at schools is disgusting! It’s also infiltrated in other work places..
Wake up its bad
Lets face it, undereducated white men are afraid of women and minorities, but under Trump they will get their chance to soon put on their Nazi uniforms and march in the streets.
Don’t people see what is happening out there? The United States will be shunned by all other civilized countries, they are already laughing at us. Yes, we have all the billionaires who want to bring back the gilded age, but as soon as the women out there band together and stand up, things will change.
you should be ashamed of yourself, spouting such nonsense.
hahahaha…..you’ll never be happy.