Vanishing Words (a found poem)

— After Karen Yourish, Annie Daniel, Saurabh Datar, Isaac White, and Lazaro Gamio 

These words 
are disappearing 
in the new 
Trump administration: 

accessible 
all-inclusive 
antiracist 
assigned at birth 

at risk 

barriers 
belong 
bias  

biologically female 
biologically male 

BIPOC 

Black 

clean energy 
climate science 
confirmation bias 

cultural differences 
cultural heritage 
culturally appropriate 

DEI 

disabilities 
discrimination 
diversity 

environmental quality 
equal opportunity 

ethnicity 
excluded 
expression 

female (but not male) 

females (but not males) 

gender 	based 	        violence 

gender diversity gender identity gender ideology gender-affirming care 

Gulf  
of Mexico 

hate speech 
historically 
identity 
immigrants 
inclusion 

inequality 
injustice 
marginalized 

men who have sex with men (but not women who have sex with women) 

mental health 
minority 
multicultural 
Native American 
nonbinary 

oppression 
orientation 
polarization 
political 
pollution 
pregnant people  
prejudice 

privilege  

pronouns 

race 
     racial diversity 
            racial identity 
                       racial justice 
                                   racism 

segregation 

sense     of belonging 

sex 
sexuality 
social justice 
stereotype 

they/them trans transgender transsexual 

trauma 

tribal 

under		appreciated 
under		privileged 
under		represented 
under		served 

under		valued 

victims 

women (but not men) 


The list      
is most likely  

incomplete. 


Source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html

by Gale Naylor