Trump rolls back Equal Employment Opportunity Act in anti-diversity and inclusion executive order

President Donald Trump has revoked the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1965, the latest update to his raft of executive orders since he was sworn into office.

On his first day in office, Trump signed an anti-trans executive order proclaiming there are “only two sexes” – which was later debunked by United States Representative Sarah McBride – and ordered the overturning of the birthright citizenship. 

Trump went one step further and revoked policies which boosted diversity, equality and inclusion for historically marginalised communities, including Latine people, Native Americans and Black Americans. 

The White House said in a statement: “The injection of ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ (DEI) into our institutions has corrupted them by replacing hard work, merit, and equality with a divisive and dangerous preferential hierarchy.”

On Tuesday (21 January), Trump

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