City of Raleigh Responds to AIM Investigation Unmasking DEI Playbook
October 16, 2025
A conservative group’s undercover video claims the city of Raleigh is “pushing” diversity and equity in a “deceptive manner.” The video was published by Accuracy in Media on social media Tuesday and shared by Libs of Tiktok, a right-wing social media account with millions of followers that the Southern Poverty Law Center has called extremist.
In a statement to The News & Observer, the city said Wednesday that the video “misrepresents the context” of the interactions, which were partly filmed in February as Raleigh sought to comply with changing federal orders. “As presented, the video misrepresents the context in which the interactions occurred with our staff member,” according to Julia Milstead, public information officer for the city. “The video stitches two different interactions, and the first conversation occurred in February, shortly after the federal executive orders were signed and just before State HB 171 was introduced,” she continued. “This was a period of uncertainty for federal and state policy. The city was taking a step back to evaluate the department’s services.”
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