NSF’s grant cuts fall heaviest on scientists from underrepresented groups. Really!

More egregious propaganda and demagoguery from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)!

"More than half of the 1500 research grants that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has terminated in the past month under orders from President Donald Trump’s administration aimed to bring groups historically underrepresented in science into the mainstream. Ending those grants reversed decades of efforts focused on what the agency calls the “missing millions”: women, racial and ethnic minorities, veterans, and low-income and rural students. ..."

NSF’s grant cuts fall heaviest on scientists from underrepresented groups | Science | AAAS "Projects to broaden participation were cut disproportionately—and were often led by Black scientists, women, and those with disabilities"

Is this article accompanying photo for real? I doubt it! Or if it is indeed for real, it probably represents 0.001% of researchers in the US! 

"These students at Chicago State University [a predominantly black public university] are part of a program to broaden participation in science that the National Science Foundation has terminated." [The photo is undated.]