The Trump administration's directive to end DEI initiatives in the federal government is a significant policy shift, repealing affirmative action directives established since the 1960s. It instructs agencies to terminate all discriminatory practices and mandates, leading to the closure of diversity offices and other DEI programs. This executive order has the potential to reshape both governmental and private sector approaches to equality and merit-based opportunities. It challenges the legality of race-conscious practices under federal civil rights laws, suggesting a pivot towards a more meritocratic framework in American institutions.
With one carefully crafted act, the president initiated the end of DEI in the federal government and perhaps in the private sector and educational system.
Trump's directive repeals a series of executive orders promoting affirmative action in government, including the granddaddy of them all, President Lyndon Johnson's 1965 Executive Order 11246.
The implementing regulations for 11246 have created a vast archipelago of racial preferences in federal contracting.
A key, and correct, contention of the Trump order is that DEI's race-consciousness practices violate federal civil-rights laws.
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