Trump plans to flip Justice Department's role in diversity policies next month
The next administration wants to use civil-rights laws against diversity programs in companies and schools. Justice Department might start investigating racial equity policies at institutions getting federal money
Donald Trump plans to make big-time changes in how government deals with diversity programs starting next month. The Justice Department (created back in 57) might start going after companies and schools that use diversity policies
The soon-to-be administration picked Harmeet Dhillon to run the Civil Rights team; sheʼs known for fighting what she calls “woke“ company rules. Their main idea: diversity programs are actually breaking anti-discrimination laws that were made to protect everyone
Universities are gonna be the first target - especially after last years Supreme Court decision about college admissions. During his first time as president Trump already went after Yale University but Joe Biden later dropped that case. The government might also change its mind about letting military schools keep using race in picking students
- Meta got sued for its diversity work
- Amazon faced similar problems
- Walmart just changed its diversity plans
- JPMorgan and Starbucks did the same thing
Some law experts say companies can still have diversity goals if they dont look at race directly. A recent poll shows about half of Americans think big institutions should do more about old unfair rules‚ while one-third dont agree
The governments power has some limits though - they cant go after private companies hiring rules until at least 26 (when the employment commission might change its leaders)‚ but they can look into state jobs and schools that get federal money. Its all part of a bigger fight about how to make workplaces fair for everyone
DEI is unlawful discrimination
