Four Ways Trump Can Scrap Biden’s ‘Equity’ Discrimination And Promote Real Equality

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Posted on 12/06/2024 9:05:46 AM PST by bitt

There are at least four steps Trump can take immediately to make good on campaign promises to vanquish DEI from the federal bureaucracy.

According to the White House, “hours after taking the oath of office,” President Joe Biden embarked on an ambitious “day one,” “whole of government” agenda to “advance racial equity.” What followed was a shock-and-awe program of racial preferences. During his term, Biden signed three signature pieces of legislation — the American Rescue Plan Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act — which gave certain preferred racial groups access to programs, benefits, and special treatment, while excluding others. These programs spent tens of billions in tax dollars and affected millions of Americans.

None of these programs fared well in court. In the ensuing years, courts struck down several programs as unconstitutional race discrimination, such as the Farmer Loan Forgiveness Program, Restaurant Revitalization Fund, and the Minority Business Development Agency. In fact, the Biden administration is 0 for 9 in defending racial preferences in court.

Litigation to end discriminatory programs is essential but time-consuming and incremental. While the administration lost in court and conservative law firms won, these legal victories just scratched the surface of Biden’s “equity agenda.” According to a new analysis published by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, more than 60 federal discriminatory programs remain on the books, untouched by lawsuits.

Some of these are substantial, such as the Department of the Treasury’s two flagship race-based programs: the $2.5 billion Small Business Credit Initiative (which discriminates against small businesses) and the $10 billion Homeowner Assistance Fund (which discriminates against homeowners). The Department of Agriculture alone runs 30 separate race-based programs that discriminate against farmers in the areas of conservation easements, disaster assistance, and a bevy of grant programs. In all, at

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