
Within hours of taking office, Donald Trump became the face of the anti-DEI movement in the U.S. But his executive orders and actions outlawing DEI from all federal operations and taking aim at the private sector, landed on fertile ground.
For years, key individuals and groups have worked relentlessly to advance a point of view that argues programs meant to improve racial, gender, and LGBTQ+ representation inside companies are in fact their own form of prejudice against white employees and men.