⚖️OPM directive bans diversity hiring across 438 federal agencies

Two million federal employees lose anti-discrimination education while supervisors gain freedom to hire, promote, and discipline based on personal preferences rather than merit-based criteria. The elimination of diversity training removes the institutional knowledge and legal awareness that prevented workplace discrimination in the world's largest employer.

Executive Order 11246 (1965) mandated affirmative action for companies seeking government business, but Trump's reversal eliminates these requirements for defense contractors, technology firms, and construction companies. Businesses can abandon inclusive hiring practices without losing lucrative federal contracts, institutionalizing discrimination throughout the government supply chain.

The June 2023 ruling against college affirmative action gave conservative activists precedent to challenge workplace diversity programs as reverse discrimination. Trump exploits this legal momentum to dismantle federal equal opportunity enforcement while claiming compliance with recent judicial interpretations.

Removing unconscious bias training and inclusive recruitment actually increases discrimination by eliminating systems designed to counteract human tendencies to prefer demographically similar candidates. The claimed focus on qualifications masks the reality that subjective evaluation processes inherently favor dominant groups unless actively counteracted through diversity initiatives.