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A civil rights organization declares a 'state of emergency' in the U.S.

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Summary

As a candidate in 2024, President Trump promised – often – to end what he and other conservatives describe as "woke" policies.

On his first day in office, he signed executive orders rolling back policies around diversity, equity and inclusion β€” and those policy changes have continued over the last six months of the second Trump administration.

One of the oldest civil rights organizations in the country now warns that the administration's policies have thrust Black Americans β€” and the entire country β€” into a "state of emergency."

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Marc Morial, the president and CEO of the National Urban League.

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0:00.0

As a candidate in 2024, President Trump promised often to end what he and other conservatives

0:06.1

describe as woke policies. On day one, I will sign a new executive order to cut federal

0:11.5

funding for any school pushing critical race theory, transgender, insanity, and other inappropriate

0:18.0

racial, sexual, or political content onto our children.

0:23.3

And on his first day in office, he did, in fact, sign executive orders rolling back policies

0:28.7

around diversity, equity, and inclusion.

0:31.6

DEI is seemingly dead.

0:33.4

A January order gave the federal government 120 days to identify so-called discriminatory DEI practices.

0:39.3

Ordered that all federal employees with DEI jobs be placed on pay leave.

0:43.3

An executive order which also revokes protecting people seeking certain federal positions from being discriminated against based on the race, color, sex, and religion, among other things.

0:54.6

The executive actions and policy changes have continued over the last six months,

0:59.5

in the military and the federal government.

1:01.6

We've ended the tyranny of so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion policies all across

1:08.1

the entire federal government and, the private sector and our military.

1:13.6

With affirmative action and in education in transgender rights.

1:18.6

We have removed the poison of critical race theory from our public schools,

1:23.6

and I signed an order making it the official policy of the United States government

1:28.9

that there are only two genders, male and female.

1:34.1

In the last six months, we've seen the most aggressive assault

1:37.4

on the progress we've made in modern American history.

1:41.1

It's bigger than politics because it is a broad-based assault using public

1:45.8

policy as a weapon against equal opportunity. That's Mark Morial, the president and CEO of the

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