President Trump has revoked Executive Order 11246, which implemented de facto racial quotas under the guise of 'affirmative action'. This move is seen as a significant departure from previous administrations and a restoration of the principle of equal rights based on merit.
By now no one should be surprised at President Trump’s sweeping reversals of the conventional wisdom on everything from A to W — sorry, no executive orders affecting anything beginning with Z yet.
Humphrey lied, essentially. The civil-rights lobby was already planning for Johnson’s executive order that called for federal contractors to adopt “affirmative action” — that is, quotas by another name. It was the most dishonest legal regime ever imposed, especially since Title VII included, at critics’ insistence, language explicitly prohibiting preferential hiring by race.
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