Pam Bondi, recently appointed Attorney General, disseminated memos suggesting that private-sector diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives could be investigated criminally based on a Trump executive order. This order categorizes DEI efforts as violations of civil rights laws and mandates a review of these programs. Civil rights advocates express concerns that this could undermine protections against discrimination, suggesting it represents a broader strategy by the Trump administration to roll back anti-discrimination policies across various sectors.
President Trump issued Executive Order 14173 ... making clear that policies relating to 'diversity, equity, and inclusion' ('DEI') ... violate the text and spirit of our longstanding Federal civil-rights laws.
[W]ithout congressional action, the DEI Executive Orders alone won't dismantle existing federal antidiscrimination laws,
The administration is not only undoing decades of federal anti-discrimination policy... but also marshalling federal enforcement agencies to bully both private and government entities into abandoning legal efforts to promote equity.
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