The DEI Dilemma: Navigating Backlash and Misunderstandings

<p>On his first night back in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump signed a series of sweeping executive orders that effectively dismantle federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and revoke a landmark Civil Rights-era anti-discrimination rule.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This comes as major American companies, from McDonald’s to Walmart to Meta, have been rolling back their own diversity policies, which have recently faced growing legal and cultural backlash.</p><p><br></p><p>Does this spell the end of DEI? And what could that mean, in the US and beyond?</p><p><br></p><p>Today Washington Post business reporter Julian Mark joins us to break it all down.</p><p><br></p><p>For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts</a></p>