Anti-DEI Crusade in US Allows Discrimination

By Human Rights Watch

US President Donald Trump wasted no time trying to destroy efforts to end racial discrimination in the United States. In his early flurry of executive orders, three targeted diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).One order directs federal agencies to end all DEI activities. This order also directs agencies to withdraw plans written under the Biden-Harris administration to end systemic racism and other inequities. A second eliminates DEI programs in the military, even though the Department of Defense has acknowledged that some active duty and former military members were affiliated with white supremacist…

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