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Donald Trump said he\u2019d end affirmative action and he did<\/a>.\u00a0 Below I\u2019ve copied Donald Trump\u2019s executive order for, \u201cENDING ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND RESTORING MERIT-BASED OPPORTUNITY\u201d<\/p>\n

This is amazing!\u00a0 This is what we\u2019ve needed for generations since the nightmare of the Civil Rights legislation was rolled out in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

And I expect the blue state judges and other progressives will fight this tooth and nail.\u00a0 And if Trump wants to secure his legacy in the eyes of his countrymen, he needs to fight back with every bit of power that the office of the presidency provides him.\u00a0 Because this is exactly the policy that will make this country powerful again.\u00a0 Companies hiring the smartest candidate.\u00a0 Police and military authorities requiring applicants for demanding assignments to pass grueling physical tests.\u00a0 No more 5\u2019 4,\u201d 90 lb. women pretending to be firefighters who can go into a burning building and haul a 200 lb. man to safety.<\/p>\n

No more surgeons or airline pilots selected to their positions based on their skin color or sex (or worse, their sexual deviancy).\u00a0 No more Navy Seals or Army Rangers who can\u2019t do ten pull ups or carry an eighty-pound pack and a rifle.\u00a0 And best of all, no more government programs or agencies endlessly telling us that diversity is our strength.\u00a0 In fact, the executive order requires all of these agencies to strip away all of those buzz words; diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.\u00a0 All that jibber jabber has to go.\u00a0 For example, from the text below:<\/p>\n

\u201c(ii)\u00a0\u00a0 Excise references to DEI and DEIA principles, under whatever name they may appear, from Federal acquisition, contracting, grants, and financial assistance procedures to streamline those procedures, improve speed and efficiency, lower costs, and comply with civil-rights laws; and<\/strong><\/p>\n

(iii)\u00a0 Terminate all \u201cdiversity,\u201d \u201cequity,\u201d \u201cequitable decision-making,\u201d \u201cequitable deployment of financial and technical assistance,\u201d \u201cadvancing equity,\u201d and like mandates, requirements, programs, or activities, as appropriate.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

And this order has all sorts of clauses to allow the government to go after corporations that employ affirmative action in their hiring and advancement policies.\u00a0 Honestly there are goodies in here everywhere I look.\u00a0 For instance:<\/p>\n

\u201cSec. 4.\u00a0 Encouraging the Private Sector to End Illegal DEI Discrimination and Preferences.\u00a0 (a)\u00a0 The heads of all agencies, with the assistance of the Attorney General, shall take all appropriate action with respect to the operations of their agencies to advance in the private sector the policy of individual initiative, excellence, and hard work identified in section 2 of this order.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(b)\u00a0 To further inform and advise me so that my Administration may formulate appropriate and effective civil-rights policy, the Attorney General, within 120 days of this order, in consultation with the heads of relevant agencies and in coordination with the Director of OMB, shall submit a report to the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy containing recommendations for enforcing Federal civil-rights laws and taking other appropriate measures to encourage the private sector to end illegal discrimination and preferences, including DEI.\u00a0 The report shall contain a proposed strategic enforcement plan identifying:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(iii)\u00a0 A plan of specific steps or measures to deter DEI programs or principles (whether specifically denominated \u201cDEI\u201d or otherwise) that constitute illegal discrimination or preferences.\u00a0 As a part of this plan, each agency shall identify up to nine potential civil compliance investigations of publicly traded corporations, large non-profit corporations or associations, foundations with assets of 500 million dollars or more, State and local bar and medical associations, and institutions of higher education with endowments over 1 billion dollars;\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Etc., etc., etc.<\/p>\n

And just to make sure the colleges are held accountable:<\/p>\n

Sec. 5.\u00a0 Other Actions.\u00a0 Within 120 days of this order, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education shall jointly issue guidance to all State and local educational agencies that receive Federal funds, as well as all institutions of higher education that receive Federal grants or participate in the Federal student loan assistance program under Title IV of the Higher Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq., regarding the measures and practices required to comply with Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 600 U.S. 181 (2023).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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So, all in all, this is like some kind of dream come true for the Right.\u00a0 Now will all this become law without a fight?\u00a0 Hell no.\u00a0 There will be a knock down, drag out fight for every sentence and phrase.\u00a0 I expect screaming women to march around the White House for the next ten years on account of some angry identity group whose feelings have been hurt.<\/p>\n