US President, Donald Trump Puts Government Diversity Staff on Paid Leave, Starting 'Immediately'

Oladipupo Olamiposi
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3 hours ago

President of the United States, Donald Trump has issued an executive order, calling for an end to what he described as dangerous, demeaning, and immoral diversity, equity and inclusion schemes.

In a follow-up government memo, federal agencies are also directed to put diversity staff on paid leave immediately.

The president had after his inauguration on Monday, signed a flurry of executive actions.

Experts believe that the idea behind these policies is to address systemic injustices, like historic sexism and racism, which have prevented some groups of individuals from having the same access to jobs and industries as their peers.

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