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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent

What is DEI and why is Trump opposed to it?

Protesters in Washington in June 2023, when the supreme court ruled against affirmative action.
Protesters in Washington in June 2023, when the US supreme court ruled against affirmative action. Photograph: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

When American voters headed to the ballot box in November, polls suggested the cost of living, immigration and reproductive rights ranked among their biggest concerns.

But tucked within this week’s barrage of executive orders was an attack on an initiative that had in recent years become increasingly weaponised around the world: measures that sought to tackle discrimination.

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