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Trump kills rural broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal”
(arstechnica.com)
this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
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Probably shouldn't have called it Digital Equity Internet. I could see where the confusion comes in.
What would you call working towards rural areas, seniors, and veterans having equal access to digital services as most city dwellers?
The problem isn't the name. The problem is Trump already hates the letters DEI and the word equity. He's declared war on anything that attempts to dismantle institutionalized bigotry. And he doesn't recognize that rural equity isn't about race, hence him declaring it racist.