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In first days, Trump deals ‘death blow’ to DEI and affirmative action

 

President Donald Trump moved quickly to eviscerate the surviving remnants of affirmative action, upending decades of policy — actions that observers say are sure to touch every aspect of American life.

President Donald Trump has directed the federal government to end dozens of programs that give preference to minorities and women, some of which have been operating for decades. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post)

President Donald Trump has directed the federal government to end dozens of programs that give preference to minorities and women, some of which have been operating for decades. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post)

In the first 48 hours of his second term, President Donald Trump moved to eviscerate the surviving remnants of affirmative action, swiftly upending decades of policy — actions observers say are sure to touch every aspect of American life.

The newly signed executive orders to end “illegal discrimination” and restore “merit to government service” were so sweeping and aggressive that even conservative activists — ones who had been waging a multipronged attack to end diversity initiatives in the private and public sectors — were shocked by their scope and intensity.

“I can’t believe he’s going this far,” said Dan Lennington, deputy counsel at the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, which for years has led a relentless legal campaign to invalidate diversity programs. “It still is sinking in, because I’m thinking of all the ways in which this affects the average American.”

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Author: Editors Desk, Julian Mark, Taylor Telford and Susan Svrluga

Source: The Washington Post

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