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Google Blasted After Removing Pride Month And Black History Month From Calendar App
The significant changes came after Republican President Donald Trump's series of executive orders reversing "woke" initiatives and anti-discriminatory policies, namely diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, put in place by the former Democratic administration.
But the multinational corporation and tech company, known for its e-commerce, consumer electronics and once-powerful search engine, cited that the ever-increasing list of holiday events was too many to manage, and therefore, not "sustainable."
Google spokesperson Madison Cushman Veld explained the reasons for the changes, stating:
"For over a decade we’ve worked with timeanddate.com to show public holidays and national observances in Google Calendar."
"Some years ago, the Calendar team started manually adding a broader set of cultural moments in a wide number of countries around the world."
Veld continued:
"We got feedback that some other events and countries were missing—and maintaining hundreds of moments manually and consistently globally wasn’t scalable or sustainable."
However, the internet is calling BS.
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One user said that Google's changes were "shameful" and they accused its calendar of being utilized to "capitulate to fascism."
A user on X (formerly Twitter) noted that the only demographic he's witnessing who are happy about the changes are "white people."
Others continued expressing frustration over Google's reversal of progress in cultural representation.
Google also made changes to its geographical labels by renaming the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" for U.S. users to comply with Trump's executive order called "Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness."
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The company defended the change and assured that "People using Maps in the U.S. will see 'Gulf of America,' and people in Mexico will see 'Gulf of Mexico.' Everyone else will see both names."
The spokesperson said that as of mid-2024, Google Calendar has returned to "showing only public holidays and national observances from timeanddate.com globally" and assured that users can manually add "other important moments."
Despite Google's erasure of identity and recognition observed by existing events, people are intent to keep the celebrations alive.
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Following Trump's executive order, Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered the Department of Justice to investigate companies with DEI initiatives “to end illegal discrimination and preferences.”
Google joins Meta, McDonald's, Walmart, Target, and others that have dropped DEI efforts by wiping mentions of DEI from annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission and stopping the hiring of employees from historically underrepresented communities.
Trump Ripped Over His Golden-Hoofed Goat Idol At Mar-A-Lago Covered In Fake Trump Cash
The statue is mounted on a black base featuring an American flag on one side and bears the inscription "I love you" accompanied by Trump's signature.
You can see it below.
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The images reminded some people of the story of the Golden Calf in the Bible, a commentary on those who drift away from faith.
The story begins at the same time as Moses' experience on Mount Sinai, while he was receiving the Ten Commandments.
As impatience grew among the Israelites during Moses’ absence, they sought a new object of worship. They gathered their gold jewelry, melted it down, and crafted a Golden Calf, proclaiming it as their god. God, seeing their betrayal, was prepared to destroy them in his wrath, but Moses pleaded on their behalf.
Descending from the mountain with the stone tablets inscribed by God, Moses witnessed the Israelites celebrating around the Golden Calf. Overcome with anger, he shattered the tablets at the mountain’s base. He then burned the idol, ground it into powder, scattered it over the water, and made the people drink it as a symbol of their wrongdoing.
God instructed Moses to continue leading the Israelites to the promised land of Canaan, where He would meet them again. However, as a consequence of their idolatry, a plague struck the people before their journey resumed.
Considering the way many people have lost themselves to Trump's MAGA cult, many saw significant parallels.
If there's one thing that can be said about this display it's that MAGA Republicans are, as Tim Walz made clear, very weird.
