In mid-February, the Small Business Administration removed diverse imagery from its website, reflecting a troubling trend across federal agencies aligned with President Trump's executive orders against diversity policies. Although the SBA declined to comment, the urgency behind the removal suggests a significant, albeit controversial, shift towards erasing visual references to marginalized groups. Historians warn this systemic erasure parallels historical precedents where marginalized communities lost rights, highlighting the risks of forgetting the identities and contributions of these groups within society.
"If someone says stop everything, do this specifically, it's reserved for just instances where there's like a system failure, and to have an immediate deployment of a visual change is very, very uncommon."
"If you erase the memory, we really forget the people," said Alessio Ponzio, emphasizing the cultural and historical implications of erasing representation from government agencies.
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