

The problem isn’t the name. The problem is Trump already hates the letters DEI and the word equity. He’s declared war on anything that attempts to dismantle institutionalized bigotry. And he doesn’t recognize that rural equity isn’t about race, hence him declaring it racist.
In the US, in most states, getting caught or recognized is enough to put you on the sex offender list. Even if you’re in private. (Again, in most states.) And that means you can no longer move into a new home without informing all your neighbors that you’re a sex offender for the rest of your life, among other penalties. There’s no difference to the US between this and people who actually do sexual crimes when it comes to this punishment.