Biden-Harris admin pushed more than 500 'DEI actions' across government, report finds

An analysis of more than 80 "Equity Action Plans" released by federal agencies in accordance with President Biden's executive actions on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) revealed that the Biden-Harris administration embedded more than 500 DEI actions into the federal government. 

Do No Harm, a nonprofit group aiming to keep identity politics out of the medical field, found more than 200 DEI-focused measures tied to conducting research and tied to grant-writing, procurement and contracts. Meanwhile, DEI-related staffing expansions, DEI-focused training and outreach focused on minority communities accounted for close to 200 of the DEI-focused measures found by Do No Harm, as well. The remaining actions fell into an "other" category, which included measures such as the implementation of "racial equity" meetings and initiatives aimed at "reimagin[ing] many of our food and agriculture programs from an indigenous perspective."     

Thirty-six of the more than 500 actions that Do No Harm cited were directly related to medicine and health care policy.

"Discrimination has no place in our society and certainly not in our federal government," said Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, chair of Do No Harm. "This report documents hundreds of examples of harmful identity politics leading to government programs that treat people differently based on their race or sexual orientation."

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Multiple Biden-Harris administration programs that sought to provide benefits based on immutable characteristics, such as race and sex, faced legal challenges in court and were ultimately forced to shut down. 

For example, a federal judge blocked a Department of Agriculture program that gave preferences to farmers based on their sex and race, ruling that it discriminated against White male farmers. Meanwhile, a separate program aimed at providing restaurant owners with economic relief following the COVID-19 pandemic met a similar fate because it provided preference to candidates on the basis of gender and race.