The end of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?
Executive orders from Trump last week took aim at federal diversity programs and affirmative action. These follow major rollbacks of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at large American companies. Does this all spell the end of DEI initiatives, in the US and beyond?
On his first night back in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump signed a series of sweeping executive orders that effectively dismantle federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and revoke a landmark Civil Rights-era anti-discrimination rule.
This comes as major American companies, from McDonald's to Walmart to Meta, have been rolling back their own diversity policies, which have recently faced growing legal and cultural backlash.
Does this spell the end of DEI? And what could that mean, in the US and beyond?
Today Washington Post business reporter Julian Mark joins us to break it all down.
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