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    US equality chief fired by Trump condemns ‘demonization of the term DEI’



    Jocelyn Samuels says her dismissal from EEOC is part of greater strategy to target inequity and roll back rights for trans employeesSeven days after Donald Trump was inaugurated, Jocelyn Samuels received a message from the White House saying that the president – who had first appointed her as a commissioner to the US government agency tasked with fighting workplace discrimination – now wanted her gone.Like so many other officials Trump has axed since retaking office, Samuels was informed she was being terminated from the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) because of her “support for radical Biden administration guidance, DEI initiatives and a refusal to defend women against extreme gender ideology”. Continue reading…



    Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/feb/08/jocelyn-samuels-eeoc-dei-trump

    Author : Chris Stein in Washington

    Publish date : 2025-02-08 13:00:00

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