MLB Is the Latest Org To Scrub 'Diversity' From Its Website
Source: Daily Beast
Updated Mar. 23 2025 4:05AM EDT
Published Mar. 22 2025 5:30PM EDT
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the latest organization to bend after President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. On Friday, the MLB announced the removal of all “diversity” references from its careers page.
“Our values on diversity remain unchanged,” MLB said in a statement to The New York Times, saying it was in the process of “evaluating our programs” to ensure they are “compliant with federal law.” As of Saturday, the tab on the far right of the MLB home page reads “inclusion” rather than “diversity and inclusion.”
Trump signed the DEI order only two days into his term, promising to reinstate “colorblind equality.” He has enforced his demands to end “illegal DEI” across the federal government and has also threatened to cut off government funding to states and organizations with DEI programs.
Although the MLB doesn’t receive direct funding from the federal government, many teams benefit from indirect government support, such as tax-free stadium construction. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred last month that although the organization values diversity, it would “try to comply with what the law is.” “There seems to be an evolution going on here,” Manfred said. “We’re following that very carefully.”
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An "Executive Order" is NOT a "law". It is a notice of guidance specifically directed to Executive Branch agencies on how to carry out an existing law, and this lawless administration has fabricated, distorted, and outright igored, WHAT the actual laws are.
Just last year, after over a century of banning and ignoring their players, the MLB *finally* incorporated the Negro League stats into their own. I guess that was too much for some racist fucks.
The MLB is going to be in for a rude awakening when much of their baseball farm recruits end up deported (and that might include those from Japan too if they piss 45 off). I.e., those special visas will be nullified.
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No one missed that.
Jesse Jackson spent DECADES going after the major sports leagues battling not only the lack of players, but obviously the lack of coaches and front office staff.
So for example, his arduous efforts of pounding against the NFL finally resulted in the "odd concept" of having black quarterbacks and black head coaches. The one big league that has yet to be breached is the NHL (and even there, probably half the players are either Canadian, Russian, or from some Eastern European country).
At some point, these leagues will have to make a decision about whether it is worth the cave and loss of revenue or what.
As it is, the MLB seemed to have already done their own thing by not developing a "farm" system here, effectively avoiding black (American) players all on their own, and instead have been pulling players from outside the U.S. from the Caribbean. Here in Philly, the days of having another Jimmy Rollins are seemingly gone.
