The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) has accused The New York Times (NYT) and Bloomberg of "deliberately dropping" a groundbreaking study that exposed the extreme diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) training programs in the United States actually increases racism.

Conducted by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) in collaboration with Rutgers University, the study reveals that such training programs are in fact encouraging anti-Hindu discrimination and hate rather than reducing prejudice.

"Shockingly, the study revealed that when the term 'Jew' was replaced with 'Brahmin,' the participants exposed to Equality Labs’ training materials were significantly more likely to adopt dehumanizing rhetoric against Brahmins, including calling them 'parasites,' 'virus,' or 'devil personified,'" the HAF said in a statement.

The study used a controlled experimental design to compare the perceptions of two groups: one exposed to Equality Labs training materials and another that received neutral academic content on caste. The results were shocking, as per experts.

"Study participants were offered a training created by Equality Labs, and a control population was given neutral academic teaching about varna/jati. The Equality Labs training group was more than 30% more likely to perceive bias and harm where none existed," the HAF noted in a post on X.

Even though the findings are significant, the study could not reach a broader audience due to what the HAF describes as active suppression by two major media organizations.

According to the HAF, The New York Times had initially planned to publish a story on the finding of the study but shelved it at the eleventh hour without explanation.

Bloomberg similarly decided against covering the study, without citing any reason for its decision.

"We weren’t exactly surprised by the study that found that extreme diversity, equity and inclusion “training” actually increases racism — or that the New York Times opted against reporting on it," the New York Post reported.