Trump Says DEI, Civil Rights Policies Hurt White People. Do they?

By Jessica Gun, USA Today

President Donald Trump alleged in a recent interview that civil rights-era policies aimed at remedying historic patterns of racism resulted in White people being "very badly treated."

The president said the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which sought to end race-based discrimination and segregation and provide Black Americans with equal access to education and employment, “accomplished some very wonderful things, but it also hurt a lot of people."

"People that deserve to go to a college or deserve to get a job were unable to get a job," Trump told the New York Times. “So it was, it was a reverse discrimination."

Trump’s references to "reverse discrimination" − that White people are victims of racial oppression − animated his presidential campaign, guiding his efforts to obliterate diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the federal government and the private sector during his second term.

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