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It is worded as objectively and reasonably as possible on the surface, but what lies underneath is the McCarthy era of our time.

"US embassies have sent letters to contractors in their host countries demanding they certify that they do not run any diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs that violate President Donald Trump’s executive order against race- and sex-based preferences."

What is the executive order? It's page after page of rambling about how bad, corrupt and unfair things have become, and then we get to the concrete matter. It mixes up things that sound good and fair, banning discrimination based on race and gender, etc, with what seems like a tiny little jab at active equity work, but it's a barbed dagger that has big consequences.

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