Citing ‘anti-white racism’, the ex-President IS planning to disassemble as many American Civil Rights laws, rules or regualtions he Can….
Trying to drag America BACK to times when minorities where shut out of a sizeable part the American experience …..
This after the Trump people have boasted that America Blacks, Browns and Yellows are increasingly moving to support his re-election effort…..
If Donald Trump returns to the White House, close allies want to dramatically change the government’s interpretation of Civil Rights-era laws to focus on “anti-white racism” rather than discrimination against people of color.
Why it matters: Trump’s Justice Department would push to eliminate or upend programs in government and corporate America that are designed to counter racismthat has favored whites.
Targets would range from decades-old policies aimed at giving minorities economic opportunities, to more recent programs that began in response to the pandemic and the killing of George Floyd.
- Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung told Axios: “As President Trump has said, all staff, offices, and initiatives connected to Biden’s un-American policy will be immediately terminated.”
Driving the news: Longtime aides and allies preparing for a potential second Trump administration have been laying legal groundwork with a flurry of lawsuits and legal complaints — some of which have been successful.
- A central vehicle for the effort has been America First Legal, founded by former Trump aide Stephen Miller, who has called the group conservatives’ “long-awaited answer to the ACLU.”
- America First cited the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in February in a lawsuit against CBS and Paramount Global for what the group argued was discrimination against a white, straight man who was a writer for the show “Seal Team” in 2017.
In February, the group filed a civil rights complaint against the NFL over its “Rooney Rule.”
- The rule — named for Dan Rooney, late owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers — was instituted in 2003 and expanded in 2022. It requires NFL teams to interview at least two minority candidates for vacant general manager, head coach and coordinator positions.
- American First argued that “given the limited time frame to hire executives and coaches after the season, this results in fewer opportunities for similarly situated, well-qualified candidates who are not minorities.”
In 2021, Miller’s group successfully sued to block the implementation of a $29 billion pandemic-era program for women- and minority-owned restaurants, saying it discriminated against white-owned businesses.
- “This ruling is the first, but crucial, step towards ending government-sponsored racial discrimination,” Miller said then….
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