US federal employees are urged to speak out against colleagues working on diversity, inclusion and equality issues. Those who do not comply over the next ten days face “serious threats”
Reporting colleagues who work for diversity, inclusion and equality is what is being asked of American federal employees this Wednesday, January 23. An email inviting them to report colleagues still working in positions related to these issues was sent to them.
This Monday, upon his arrival at the White House, Donald Trump signed an executive order which aims to put an end to the “mandates, policies, programs, preferences and activities of the federal government in matters of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, whatever their name.”
The goal: “to end discrimination based on ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ in the federal workforce, as well as in federal government contracts and spending,” according to the White House.
Threats of “negative consequences”
“Employees working in diversity programs, which Trump ordered closed, will be suspended by Wednesday evening,” the White House spokesperson confirmed the next day, Caroline Leavitton the social network
-This email, viewed par NBC News and received by federal employees this Wednesday, threat of “negative consequences” in the event of non-denunciation “within 10 days”.
Concretely, employees must report if they are “aware of a change in a contract description or a staff job description since November 5, 2024 intended to obscure the link between the contract and the DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility) or similar ideologies.”
“We are aware of the efforts made by some members of the government to conceal these programs by using coded or imprecise language,” the email said.
Contacted by NBC News, the White House did not specify the nature of the “consequences” for the employees concerned. Invested on Monday January 20 for the second time as President of the United States, Donald Trump immediately issued decrees targeting illegal immigration and denying the existence of transgender people.
