Contracting Companies and Higher Education Groups Sue to Block Trump’s Federal DEI Executive Order

A coalition that includes the National Association of Minority Contractors and several higher education groups on Monday filed a lawsuit to block a recent Trump executive order targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs at federal contracting companies. 

“For centuries, minority-owned businesses have faced discrimination. This executive order is aimed at undermining the very policies that work to address that discrimination and move the nation toward fairness and inclusion,” said Wendell R. Stemley, national president of NAMC, in a statement. “These policies are not always successful, but we know one thing for sure, we will not have success if we do not even try. And the first step in trying must be to openly discuss race and discrimination free from government censorship.”

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