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Well if you look at pictures of the JPL/NASA groups, you will see fifty to a hundred Asians and Caucasians for every sporadic black, and you don't even know what the black person is doing, maybe just on the switchboard. If anything, it is Asian supremacist rather than white supremacist, but Asians are viewed as being more conformist, controllable and non-disruptive.

That shows you the true complexion of DEI when the pedal hits the metal on cooperative engineering and science endeavors.

When it's mission critical, you use the people who can do the job. When it is mission subversive, then you enforce DEI.

Sorry, Netflix.

NASA blocked pronouns within days of Trump's January 2025 EO.
All DEI trainings were canceled as part of "Drop Everything" order, making DEI cancellation THE top priority at NASA (Feb 2025)
Reports of "Team Building" programs with DEI content are under investigation with several shut down entirely.
New NASA director Issacman pledged to eliminate any 'undercover" DEI.
Astronaut selection (minimal requirements: U.S. citizenship, STEM master's, 3 years experience) is now strictly merit-based with no racial or gender considerations, overriding a Biden era commitment to "Diversity"