Two months after he was inaugurated, Trump has smashed many of the government’s silly DEI rules. But he hasn’t created a new age of meritocracy.
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OnInaugurationDay,PresidentDonaldTrumpvowedto“forgeasocietythatiscolorblindandmerit-based.”
Lessthantwoweekslater,VicePresidentJ.D.Vance’sofficehiredBuckleyCarlson—the24-year-oldsonofformerFoxNewshostandpopularconservativepunditTuckerCarlson—asdeputypresssecretary.
AtleastyoungBuckleycanbecertainthathedidn’tgetthejobbecauseofthecolorofhisskin.
Thedismantlingofthefederalgovernment’svariousso-calleddiversity,equity,andinclusion(DEI)policieshasbeenoneofthesignatureeffortsofthefirsttwomonthsofthesecondTrumpadministration.Thoserulesoftenrequiredthatfactorslikerace,gender,andethnicitybeconsideredalongside(orevenaheadof)othermoreimportantthingswhenthegovernmentwashiring,promoting,orawardingtaxpayer-fundedcontracts.
Tobeclear,theDEIregimewas(andis)fundamentallyunfairanddiscriminatory.Italsojustplaindidn’twork,asEditor
