Alphabet-owned Google has become the latest U.S. company to scrap its programs and goals that are based on principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), with the tech giant removing various pledges from its website.
President Donald Trump has issued multiple executive orders targeting DEI initiatives since returning to the White House earlier this month, including one aimed at eliminating DEI-focused policies and programs within the federal government.
Trump also issued an order targeting DEI in both the public and private sectors.
While Google had ramped up inclusivity efforts in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd in 2020, the company appears to have made a U-turn on its diversity policies of late, having updated its “belonging” webpage in the past week….