Trump also rescinded a 1965 executive order signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson that prohibited employment discrimination based on race, color, religion and national origin by federal contractors. The new policy requires federal contractors to certify that they don't operate any DEI programs deemed “illegal” by the administration.

Some black-owned businesses are blowing the whistle on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, telling Reuters that the initiatives have

Some minority-owned firms may have benefited from DEI programs, a business owner says, but such initiatives did not go far enough in dismantling other barriers.

Trump’s rollback of DEI initiatives leaves some Black-owned business leaders unfazed. Biden’s DEI policies delivered some gains — but not enough to overcome structural barriers. ‘Good old boy’ network and other barriers shut minority-owned firms out of federal government contracts,