Was anyone asking for a government website specifically to report diversity, equity, and inclusion in schools? Nope, but the Trump administration just created one anyway.
The website, called EndDei.ed.gov (which, yes, sounds like a parody of itself), is a portal for Americans to report “discriminatory practices” happening in schools.
“Schools should be focused on learning,” reads a header at the top of the page.
“The U.S. Department of Education is committed to ensuring all students have access to meaningful learning free of divisive ideologies and indoctrination,” continues the body of the website. “This submission form is an outlet for students, parents, teachers, and the broader community to report illegal discriminatory practices at institutions of learning. The Department of Education will utilize community submissions to identify potential areas for investigation.”
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Bizarrely, the page’s only direct mention of DEI is in its URL. But it’s not hard to read between the lines, especially considering Trump’s recent crusade against DEI via his executive orders.
Luckily, the internet knows exactly what to do with an open submission form: spam it to oblivion and make it functionally unusable by the Trump administration.
The spamming is being spearheaded by @LGBT on Instagram, a page dedicated to keeping social media users up to date on queer issues. That included the new website, which the page highlighted in a post that’s garnered more than 50,000 likes.
In the post, @LGBT encouraged its followers to get creative while submitting false claims to the form, recommending they “transcribe the lyrics to ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ from memory,” “tell the White House about an interesting sandwich you once ate,” or “report a suspicious-looking bird you saw at the pier,” among other suggestions.
Care to add your own fuel to the dumpster fire? Head to the submission form here and spam to your heart’s content.
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