As President Trump continues to demonize range, fairness and inclusion, an internet site known as “DEI Watch Listing” has adopted his lead and printed the general public data in an try to name out Black employees. It’s unsure when the web site was based, nevertheless it describes the folks listed as “targets.”
The workers principally listed are ones who work throughout the Division of Well being and Human Companies. Based on NBC Information, a few of their “offenses” embody engaged on range, fairness and inclusion initiatives, utilizing pronouns of their bios, screenshots of social media posts and donating cash to Democrats.
A authorities employee instructed the outlet that their identify was on the web site after a former co-worker despatched them the hyperlink on social media.
“It’s unnerving,” the unidentified particular person mentioned. “My identify and my image is there, and in 2025, it’s quite simple to Google and lookup somebody’s house deal with and all types of issues that probably put me in danger.”
“I don’t know what the intention of the record is for,” they continued. “It’s simply sort of a scary place to be.”
On Tuesday (Feb. 4), the positioning shared images of staff and their data below the headline “Targets” nevertheless it was later modified to “Dossiers.”
The underside of the web site states that it’s “A challenge of the American Accountability Basis,” which is a conservative watchdog group.
Final month, the Trump administration demanded for federal staff in DEI positions to be positioned on paid. Black federal staff additionally acquired emails that threatened penalties if they didn’t report on co-workers who work in range, fairness and inclusion positions that will have gone undetected by the federal authorities.
They had been additionally instructed to the Workplace of Personnel Administration if they’re “conscious of a change in any contract description or personnel place description since November 5, 2024 to obscure the connection between the contract and DEIA or related ideologies.”