The current trend to discontinue and dismantle DEI motivated us to look into this suddently controversial issue. DEI will be another corpse on the pile of convenient corpses that were easy targets. But, what does Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion mean? What are the impacts it has had? What will happen when it's gone? The implications are further reaching than you might think.

Recommendations

• Abraham: Put “DEI” into everything
• Shane: Captain America: Brave New World (https://www.marvel.com/movies/captain-america-brave-new-world)

Holidays (2/26/2025):

• Black Lives Matter
• Carnival Day
• Carpe Diem Day
• For Pete’s Sake Day
• Inconvenience Yourself Day
• Maha Shivaratri
• National Customized Wheel and Tire Day
• National Letter to an Elder Day
• National Personal Chef’s Day
• National Pistachio Day
• Pink Shirt Day
• Tell a Fairy Tell Day
• Thermos Bottle Day
• International Energy Week
• National Chip Week (UK)
• National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• National Green Week
• National Invasive Species Awareness Week

Links and References: 

1. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/05/17/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace/
2. https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/what-is-dei
3. https://builtin.com/diversity-inclusion/what-does-dei-mean-in-the-workplace
4. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dc-plane-crash-black-hawk-crew-order-plane-investigation/
5. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/using-dei-strengthen-infrastructure-rural-areas-michele-heyward-eit-clauc/
6. https://dailyyonder.com/commentary-eliminating-dei-hurts-everyone-rural-people-included/2025/02/03/
7. https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/12/29/history-of-dei-why-it-matters-for-the-future/
8. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/us/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-explained/index.html
9. https://hub.jhu.edu/2023/11/22/affirmative-action-debate/
10. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffraikes/2023/01/27/the-court-is-coming-for-affirmative-action-that-would-be-a-terrible-mistake/
11. https://edtrust.org/blog/a-brief-history-of-affirmative-action-and-the-assault-on-race-conscious-admissions/
12. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/31/did-trumps-firing-of-aviation-officials-increase-likelihood-of-dc-crash#:~:text=Meanwhile%2C%20The%20Associated%20Press%20reported,Baird%20contributed%20to%20this%20report. 
13. Zeynep Arsel, David Crockett, Maura L Scott, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the Journal of Consumer Research: A Curation and Research Agenda, Journal of Consumer Research, Volume 48, Issue 5, February 2022, Pages 920–933, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucab057
14. https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/spc3.12666
15. https://www.nber.org/papers/w31215 
16. https://journals.healio.com/doi/full/10.3928/01484834-20191021-04
17. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213219822010492
18. https://academic.oup.com/tbm/article/14/3/156/7324745
19. https://gizmodo.com/the-list-of-trumps-forbidden-words-that-will-get-your-paper-flagged-at-nsf-2000559661 

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