Where have we seen this movie before? In 1940s black-and-white newsreels, of course.
While the outrage of the week may be MAGA’s removal of the famous WWII photo of raising the American Flag on Iwo Jima because it was “DEI,” this is just the latest of MAGA’s long march down the Nazi Germany path.
Remember: DEI is to MAGA as Jewry is to the Third Reich. No exaggeration.
MAGA’s attempt to erase the humanity of the Navajo comes as no surprise, as some MAGA activists approve of the genocides committed against Native Americans in centuries past.
Almost simultaneously, MAGA is erasing the humanity of Black veterans and war heroes at Arlington National Cemetery. Earlier this month, MAGA eradicated the Black Medal of Honor recipient, Charles C. Rogers from the Pentagon website, and erased other Medal of Honor recipients and historical events as well. And in January, MAGA erased the humanity of the Tuskeegee Airmen and female WWII pilots.
Why? Because they are non-white and non-male.
MAGA also erased the humanity of Japanese Americans by removing references to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat team at the U. S. Army website. A backlash forced the restoration of the 442nd Regimental Combat team.
Trump is busily trying to similarly eradicate the humanity of non-white and non-heterosexual minorities in our nation’s public schools. He is well on his way to completely erasing the humanity of the LGBTQ+ community at the federal level.
MAGA is also busily erasing the humanity of other Native American communities: The Department of Defense cancels National Native American Heritage Month and the White House Website Removes Native American, LGBT, Climate Change, Healthcare & Civil Rights Web Pages.
But MAGA’s systematic dehumanization of all manner of minority groups didn’t begin in 2025. MAGA has been relentlessly endeavoring to eradicate all positive or even non-negative references to the LGBTQ+ community in public schools. In 2023, Chino Hills Unified School District moved to ban LGBTQ+ books in the district’s schools. The most targeted books are “by/about females, people of color and/or LGBTQ+ individuals.”
And before the current wave of LGBTQ+ book bans was the book bans and curriculum purges of “Critical Race Theory.” Florida’s state government has purged school curricula of any meaningful Black History, and South Carolina canceled AP courses in African-American studies, as did Florida’s Ron DeSantis.
MAGA’s aim is to completely erase anything that represents or relates history or personal experience from the perspective of minority groups. Worse than that, MAGA’s aim is to completely eliminate anyything that mentions the Black community, the LGBTQ+ community, or any other minority in a positive light, or even in a non-negative light.
Why? To maintain a shield of imposed ignorance that prevents minority groups from being seen as full-fledged human beings, deserving of respect and consideration.
We’ve seen this movie before. In black-and-white WWII newsreels.
P. S. Only a true Nazi would have a problem with a classroom banner that reads “Everyone is welcome.”