President Donald Trump issued an executive order that abolishes affirmative action and racial preferences in federal contracting and at publicly-funded universities, effectively rescinding Lyndon B. Johnson's Executive Order 11246 from 1965. This order aims to end race and sex-based discrimination upheld by diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and enforces existing Civil Rights laws. It mandates the attorney general and secretary of education to provide guidance aligned with the Supreme Court's ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which prohibited affirmative action in admissions. The order also focuses on DEI discrimination in the private sector, utilizing civil compliance investigations.
President Trump has signed an executive order rescinding Lyndon Johnson's EO 11246, which established affirmative action, and banning all federal contractors and publicly-funded universities from practicing race-based discrimination.
The order lists its purpose as enforcing existing Civil Rights law by ending racial and sex-based preferences and discrimination sanctioned by DEI.
This order represents a massive shift in federal policy concerning how race and sex are considered in hiring and admissions practices.
Trump's executive order also seeks to combat DEI discrimination in the private sector, including through the use of civil compliance investigations.
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