The Interior Department has ordered national parks to review and remove gift shop items related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
This directive is part of a broader effort to keep park gift shops as “neutral spaces that serve all visitors.”
The order follows executive actions by Donald Trump targeting DEI programs across the federal government.
National parks have been ordered to check their gift shops for items that support programs like diversity, equity and inclusion – and remove them.
to ensure that all public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties within the Department of the Interior’s jurisdiction do not contain descriptions, depictions, or other content that inappropriately disparage Americans past or living (including persons living in colonial times), and instead focus on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people.
It all sounds so goddamned Nazi. Because it is.
Good thing there’s plenty of appropriately disparaging things to say.
What a colossal waste of time and energy this is.
