Exclusive: Some state legislatures and companies will roll back key diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies in place in nearly every major U.S. industry, including the military, according to experts and Republican attorneys general. Preparations are underway.
Last week, the topic of DEI was in the news again after a heated exchange between lawmakers during a markup on the “DEI Dismantling” bill in the House. Progressive firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) slammed Republican lawmakers who called DEI policies “suppression.”
“There was no oppression of white people in this country,” Crockett said. “Tell me which white people were dragged from their homes. Which of them were dragged all the way across the ocean and told they were going to work, that they were going to steal your wife, that they were going to rape your wife. Wives. , that didn't happen. It's oppression.”
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The incoming Trump administration is likely to target a number of DEI initiatives. In 2020, then-President Trump issued an executive order banning “divisive” training for federal contractors. And the House Oversight Committee held a hearing this week on repealing the DEI policy.
“This is a multibillion-dollar industry that pushes left-wing, far-left ideological orthodoxy in essentially every area of American life. That's why I started calling it the DEI business, not just DEI. Please understand what I’m saying,” constitutional and civil rights attorney Devon Westhill said in an interview on FOX News Digital.
The Department of Education also released a report encouraging DEI on public university campuses. (Getty Images/istock/Dozmitry Dzemidovic)
Westhill, who studies DEI policy at the Center for Equal Opportunity, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., says that DEI is not interested in “diversity of thought or true diversity,” but rather “racial I’m interested in the assignment.” ”
Over the past four years, the Biden-Harris administration has encouraged DEI efforts across several branches of the federal government.
In 2021, Biden expanded an executive order directing government agencies to measure and “remove barriers” to equal opportunity through DEI policies. Another executive order signed that year was a government-wide effort to incorporate DEI principles into federal employment.
The Department of Education also released a report encouraging DEI on public university campuses. The Biden-Harris administration also invested in DEI programs within the U.S. military.
Large companies across the country are implementing DEI workplaces, including Accenture, Johnson & Johnson, Mastercard, Marriott International, Kaiser Permanente, EY (Ernst & Young), Target, Google, Bank of America, and American Express. policy is adopted.
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Some American universities that claimed to eliminate DEI ideology have instead chosen to rebrand polarizing practices, according to CriticalRace.org.
“It wasn't motivated by dollars or cents. [for corporations]” Consumers Research Executive Director Will Hild said in an interview on FOX News Digital. They threaten to sue or claim that they violate the civil rights of minorities. So it was more of a combination of bad press and threats of government action against these companies. ”
Over the next year, Hild said he expects many red state attorneys general will “start suing these companies” for hiring based on racial quotas. Consumers are also suffering as a result of DEI policies, he said, arguing that DEI policies have shifted companies' focus away from product quality.
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Over the past four years, the Biden-Harris administration has encouraged DEI efforts across several branches of the federal government. (Fox News Digital-Hannah Grossman)
The integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and DEI benchmarks is also influencing investment decisions and pension fund strategies. Pension funds have increasingly incorporated ESG and DEI considerations into their investment processes over the past four years.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Byrd said this will be one of the focuses of her office's investigation.
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“We want to make sure that people’s pensions are protected, because no one’s retirement or savings should be at stake for the ESG and DEI goals that everyone woke up to,” Bird said. he said. “So what that means is that our work on this issue continues, whether it's investment managers or proxy advisors, to ensure that these pensions are invested and that people It's about being available when you need it, when you need it.'' All kinds of social engineering and other kinds of woke political goals. ”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.
