"Project 2025 is Not a Game!!: Why You Show Up and Show Out. 25 Reasons its time to play chess, not checkers!"

Taraji Pl. Henson was on point when she made remarks at the 2024 BET Awards. Let me break it down to you. Reflect on the impact to our community.

Project 2025, a policy initiative associated with conservative and Republican agendas, has the potential to negatively impact people of color in significant ways. Here are 25 reasons why:

1. Rollback of DEI Initiatives: Project2025 may reduce or eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in government agencies and public institutions.
2. Voting Rights Restrictions: Implementing stricter voter ID laws and reducing early voting and mail-in voting could disproportionately affect people of color.
3. Policing Policies: Promoting “law and order” policies could lead to increased policing in communities of color, resulting in higher rates of incarceration and police violence.
4. Healthcare Access: Efforts to repeal or reduce funding for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could disproportionately impact people of color who benefit from expanded healthcare coverage.
5. Immigration Policies: Stricter immigration policies and enforcement could disproportionately affect communities of color, particularly Latinx and Asian populations.
6. Affirmative Action: Eliminating affirmative action in education and employment could reduce opportunities for people of color to access higher education and career advancement.
7. Education Funding: Redirecting funds from public schools to private and charter schools could negatively impact students of color who are more likely to attend underfunded public schools.
8. Criminal Justice Reform: Rolling back criminal justice reforms aimed at reducing mass incarceration could disproportionately impact people of color who are overrepresented in the criminal justice system.
9. Economic Policies: Tax cuts and economic policies favoring the wealthy could widen the racial wealth gap.
10. Environmental Regulations: Weakening environmental protections could disproportionately affect communities of color, which are often located near pollution sources.
11. Housing Discrimination: Reduced enforcement of fair housing laws could lead to increased housing discrimination against people of color.
12. Employment Discrimination: Weakening labor protections and anti-discrimination laws could lead to increased workplace discrimination.
13. Social Safety Nets: Cuts to social programs like SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid could disproportionately harm people of color who rely more heavily on these services.
14. Civil Rights Protections: Dismantling or underfunding civil rights offices within federal agencies could reduce enforcement of civil rights laws.
15. School Discipline Policies: Promoting stricter school discipline policies could disproportionately lead to higher suspension and expulsion rates for students of color.
16. Health Disparities: Reducing funding for community health programs could exacerbate existing health disparities among people of color.
17. Economic Inequality: Policies that favor deregulation and corporate interests over worker protections can increase economic inequality, disproportionately affecting people of color.
18. Language Access: Cutting funding for language access programs could limit non-English-speaking communities' ability to access essential services.
19. Affirming Indigenous Rights: Rolling back protections and support for Native American tribes could undermine their sovereignty and well-being.
20. Climate Change Policies: Ignoring or rolling back climate change initiatives could disproportionately affect people of color, who are more vulnerable to environmental disasters.
21. Representation in Government: Reducing efforts to ensure diverse representation in government agencies and decision-making bodies could marginalize the voices of people of color.
22. LGBTQ+ Rights: Rolling back protections for LGBTQ+ individuals could disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ people of color who face intersecting forms of discrimination.
23. Public Transportation: Cuts to public transportation funding could disproportionately affect people of color who are more likely to rely on public transit.
24. Community Development: Reducing funding for community development programs could hinder economic growth in predominantly minority neighborhoods.
25. Gun Control: Opposing gun control measures could disproportionately affect communities of color that experience higher rates of gun violence.

These potential impacts highlight the ways in which Project2025 could disproportionately harm communities of color across various facets of society.