Amid State’s Anti-DEI Push, Alabama Celebrates State Holiday For President Of The Confederacy’s Birthday

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The GOP’s party line has been that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are “racially divisive.” Yet this war against concepts deemed “racially divisive” doesn’t seem to include honoring the Confederacy and celebrations for Confederate figures, as Alabama is one of several states that mark the first Monday of June as a state holiday in honor of Jefferson Davis’ birthday. 

According to WVTM13, Alabama has not one, not two, but three...