Starting in 2020, few U.S. cities committed more resources to DEI than San Francisco. The city created an Office of Racial Equity and tasked more than 50 departments with creating work groups to study incidents of racism, harassment, and stigma before coming up with racial equity action plans. Hundreds of employees spent tens of thousands of hours creating these plans and undertaking new training programs.
The scope of this work was so sweeping that San Francisco officials say it’s impossible to quantify how much time and taxpayer money went into creating the new DEI era of governance.
Throughout last year’s presidential race, Trump attacked DEI policies as “anti-white” racism. Since returning to the White House, he has targeted elementary schools, private universities, and public agencies with federal funding cuts while threatening penalties for companies that receive grants and contracts from the government. Numerous lawsuits have been filed in response to the threats, while federal judges have blocked some orders from taking effect.
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