An Assessment of the Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping
Policy BriefMechanisms for Advancing Public HealthRacism as a Public Health CrisisIn September, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (the “Order”), with stated goals to promote unity and to “combat offensive and Anti-American race and sex stereotyping” within the federal workforce. The intent of the Order is to restrict trainings on gender and race discrimination that have “divisive concepts.” This assessment uses a public health lens to highlight four fundamental shortcomings of the Order.