As President Trump continues to demonize diversity, equity and inclusion, a website called “DEI Watch List” has followed his lead and published the public information in an attempt to call out Black workers. It is uncertain when the website was founded, but it describes the people listed as “targets.”
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The employees mostly listed are ones who work within the Department of Health and Human Services. According to NBC News, some of their “offenses” include working on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, using pronouns in their bios, screenshots of social media posts and donating money to Democrats.
A government worker told the outlet that their name was on the website after a former co-worker sent them the link on social media.
“It’s unnerving,” the unidentified person said. “My name and my picture is there, and in 2025, it’s very simple to Google and look up someone’s home address and all kinds of things that potentially put me at risk.”
“I don’t know what the intention of the list is for,” they continued. “It’s just kind of a scary place to be.”
On Tuesday (Feb. 4), the site shared photos of employees and their information under the headline “Targets” but it was later changed to “Dossiers.”
The bottom of the website states that it is “A project of the American Accountability Foundation,” which is a conservative watchdog group.
Last month, the Trump administration demanded for federal employees in DEI positions to be placed on paid. Black federal employees also received emails that threatened consequences if they did not report on co-workers who work in diversity, equity and inclusion positions that may have gone undetected by the federal government.
They were also instructed to the Office of Personnel Management if they are “aware of a change in any contract description or personnel position description since November 5, 2024 to obscure the connection between the contract and DEIA or similar ideologies.”
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