Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives launched across a wide range of businesses after the murder of George Floyd. Corporate governance seemed to have matured enough to begin addressing systemic inequalities.
Those efforts are now waning, according to a new report. Not only are companies pulling back on DEI funding, but Wall St masterminds have found that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) projects also pull from their bottom line.
An avalanche of consequences from MAGA politics is coming into sight. And it’s growing worse by the day.
Much of the dismay over Trump’s legacy has been focused on the overturning of Roe v Wade. But there are many other downstream effects being turned into legislation.
In June, the Supreme Court overturned affirmative action in colleges, signaling a broader conservative movement against anything that hints of white advantage. This catalyzes the growing pushback against even considering critical race theory tenable, much less implementing its teachings into curriculum at any level of education.
Exemplifying the “give an inch, overturn decades of progress” ethos that conservative organizations operate from, the Orwellian-named American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER)—the group that overturned affirmative action—has recently sued three law firms and a venture capital fund for “being racist against whites.”
The group hides this intent in legalese, but it’s easy enough to translate.
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