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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Joanna Partridge

What is the DEI rollback and where will it spread next?

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Google, Amazon and Meta are among prominent US corporations changing their policies. Composite: Guardian Design/Reuters/AP

Last month Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders overturning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes in the federal government, in a backlash against measures to help underrepresented groups.

Since then, many large US corporates have followed suit and announced they are dropping or overhauling policies or schemes. Here we examine what has changed and how far the rollback might go.

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