Trump is strongarming companies elsewhere into cutting DEI. Those that cave in now will regret it later | Miriam González Durántez
S.RGANING A The Women’s Letworking Agent in the United States has become a challenge. Companies with equality -based business schedules risk the loss of government contracts. Some receive McCarthy -like messages asking them to confirm that they have no diversity policies. Activities designed to support women, including Health care researchThey are threatened, and companies retract the previous obligations. The events of women’s communication are interrogated, and the targeted diversity and training data are collected. Some companies ask charitable societies that focus on women and girls consider changes on their programs for the current climate. The person who founded him, inspiring girls, was already asked to “include men as role models.”
This anti-diversity wave is not just social reactions for many of the sorrows-it is a political view and its leadership. It was crystallized in 2021, when he devoted Senator Josh Holie His entire main speech At the second national conference to preserve the “restoration of masculinity”, boys (not girls) calls for the teaching of competitiveness, strength, honesty and courage – as if these were the values of males only. Since then, the movement has reached the highest authority offices: The White House is its headquarters and its leader is the Deputy Chief of Staff of Trump, Stephen MillerWho promised last year to treat “Anti -egg racism“If Trump wins a second term.
The anti-diversity brigade in funds or allies has no: Many “Bruce Technology” joined (whether it is due to conviction or FOMO)-as well as capitalists in the field of technology and other Maga financiers. These are the men who work in the fields that are dominated almost exclusively by other men and who practice a tremendous wealth and influence, but they often throw themselves as victims. They hide their anti -diversity position under the camouflage.
On the progressive side, there is a movement claiming that the boys are actually-especially the white working class-instead of girls “in the crisis.” The American is led by Institute of Children and Men, which was received last week A $ 20 million grant From French Melinda Gates. They argue that boys are behind girls in education and employment. True, of course, that many Manufacturing jobs Many young people who are accustomed to relying on them are disappeared due to automation and technology (from paradoxes, in favor of most of them are male technology). Unfortunately, however, this good-intention movement feeds the narration of the anti-diversity brigade-because they can now claim that even progressive admits that they are egg men suffering.
The Trump administration has not yet imposed specific obligations on companies to withdraw diversity programs as well as companies that have contracts with the government – including now, Some companies across the European UnionBut many of them take spontaneous measures. Some companies do so because their diversity policies were only for the offer, while others simply act out of fear. The trend is clear: Many Eliminate references To diversity and equality from their websites and their reports; Others wander around ambitious goals, stop collecting data on recruitment and promotions, and dismantle training programs.
Some companies that decline have a main headquarters in the United Kingdom or Europe. Many American technology companies and funds that lead the violent reaction have branches and offices on this aspect of the Atlantic Ocean. Their actions are in a direct conflict with the message and the spirit of British legislation and the European Union on equality, such as the rules of reporting the sustainability of companies in the European Union or equal opportunities and equal wage directions.
However, the ministries of equality in British governments and other European governments – and in the European Commission – remained greatly silent. Most of the ministries and equality agencies are led by politicians and lovers who prefer programs to perform in the fee. Confronting Trump is very frightening for them, and for this reason they did not specify the limits of what companies and what he cannot do, whether specifically or in general.
Over time, the anti -diversity movement can resulted in some positives, as companies that still believe in diversity can be pushed towards the most important, effective and data policies. Moreover, in a country that is led by litigation like the United States, it is a matter of time only before the courts impose some borders to intimidate the anti -government diversity. When they do it, the reverse reaction against companies that have been developed in an advanced manner will have their own consequences.
But the UK and the rest of Europe cannot be negative spectators waiting for the pendulum to be swing again. Our equality authorities must confront Trump’s raid on diversity by providing clear official guidelines for companies about what can be and what they cannot do – it is their legal and moral duty to do so. America does not first mean America everywhere when it comes to the basic principles of diversity, equality and inclusion.
