By Myra Adams – The Hill contributor

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Reposted from The Hill – May 30, 2025

President Trump’s war against diversity, equity and inclusion is reverberating throughout nearly every sector, igniting a civil rights pushback. But his executive orders ending DEI cannot halt the historic pace of national racial diversity.

According to the Census Bureau, the “white only” share of the population is now 58.4 percent. Non-Hispanic whites are projected to fall below 50 percent by 2045.

So the “D” in DEI represents America’s destiny. Although contentious race-based policy debates will continue, diversity is the new America and must be embraced.

The DEI acronym, along with tariffs, ranks among Trump’s most frequent utterances. But due to overuse and clouded meaning, change is afoot to rename DEI, starting with the “Office of Belonging” at the renowned Mayo Clinic.

Therefore, I propose changing DEI to mean “drama, exaggeration and incoherence,” reflecting Trump’s unique communication and governing style.

“Drama” captures the daily, head-splitting, inescapable second Trump term. Every day is Trump Day, as Americans are surrounded by media and compelled to tune in. The president’s insatiable desire to consolidate power, combined with his unconventional need to create drama, leads to constant breaking news that affects every citizen’s life to some degree.

Such intentional “drama by design” could be perceived as a subtle form of domination. Through daily headlines — regardless of whether the news is good or bad, since bad news is spun, justified or rationalized as good — Trump keeps himself prominently on your screen. He “wins the day” by overshadowing or blotting out others.

His need to be on your screen evokes George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel “1984,” written long before screen viewing became a daily ritual. In “1984,” a totalitarian state dominates and controls its people through pervasive surveillance via their “telescreen.” Maintaining a constant screen presence is “Big Brother,” the all-powerful leader who is always watching and enforcing ideological purity throughout the land. Read more..