In keeping with his promise to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that prohibits the the use of affirmative action or other diversity measures as well as revoked a batch of decades-old policies that protect federal employees from discrimination
The order “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” rescinds guidance dating back to former president Lyndon Johnson’s administration that intended to protect and strengthen protections for federal workers.
Trump claimed it was necessary to backpedal DEI programs because they are “dangerous, demeaning, and immoral”.
It is a position that he and many Republicans have taken over the last few years, believing that DEI policies unfairly disadvantage people in majority groups.
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Many of the orders that Trump rescinded bolster the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 – which prohibits workplace discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion age, disability and marital or family status.
However, Trump’s order did not rescind the act itself.
The act was a law passed by Congress and signed by former president Richard Nixon in 1972 that intended to expand protections against employment discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
It requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for their employees’ religious practices. It also empowers the Equal...
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