From DEI to Equal Protection: New Direction in Civil Rights Policy
The article discusses a shift in civil rights policy under the Trump administration, moving away from DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives toward a framework emphasizing equal protection and colorblind enforcement. It critiques progressive policies like affirmative action, intersectionality, and disparate impact theory as discriminatory and unconstitutional. The author supports the administration's use of executive orders to dismantle these policies but expresses concern about their durability under future administrations.
- ▪The Trump administration is replacing DEI policies with a focus on equal protection, citing the Supreme Court's 2025 decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services.
- ▪The article criticizes affirmative action's evolution into race-based preferences and links it to Critical Race Theory, intersectionality, and disparate impact doctrine.
- ▪Ivy League universities, blue city mayors, Hollywood, and progressive judges are described as resisting the rollback of race-conscious policies.
- ▪Disparate impact theory is presented as a foundation for DEI, allowing liability based on statistical disparities without proof of intentional discrimination.
- ▪The Biden administration reportedly implemented over 650 race- and gender-based policy actions by 2024, which the author deems unconstitutional.
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