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Trump has appointed Harmeet Dhillon, a conservative lawyer, to lead the civil rights division at the Department of Justice. This decision is expected to have significant implications for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies in both corporate and academic settings.

Marc Andreesen, a Silicon Valley investor who supported Trump during the election cycle, has spoken about Dhillon's anticipated impact on DEI policies. He suggests that some corporations are already making changes in anticipation of her influence in Washington.

Andreesen shared his views via Kanekoa the Great on Twitter/X: "The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is the federal government’s prosecutorial arm that basically enforces wokeness. They’re the ones who have ensured that, for the last decade, these companies have had all these crazy policies under the penalty of being investigated, subpoenaed, and ultimately prosecuted."

He also referenced a case against SpaceX concerning hiring practices: "The most famous case that the current head of the Civil Rights division brought was the case against SpaceX for not hiring enough refugees—notwithstanding that SpaceX is a military contractor and is not permitted to hire non-American citizens under a separate law."

Andreesen believes Dhillon will take a different approach: "Dhillon is brilliant, and she’s the exact opposite of that." He anticipates significant changes: "Every signal is being sent that they’re going to do a 180 on all these things, and they’re going to begin prosecuting companies for violations of civil rights laws in the form of reverse discrimination—discrimination against white people, Asians, Jews, and other unprotected classes."

He further commented on current corporate practices: "I think every major corporation in the country is just in flagrant violation of actual civil rights law. You cannot have these hard quotas and racially, ethnically, and religiously biased hiring practices. It’s flat-out illegal."

Amuse on Substack noted that Dhillon's appointment comes at a pivotal time following a Supreme Court decision banning race-based admissions in private universities. This ruling has already led institutions to reconsider affirmative action policies. Dhillon's role could extend this scrutiny into corporate America.

According to Andreesen: “If you don’t want to be a target, it’s a great ‘get out of jail free’ card to voluntarily shut all this stuff down.” Corporations like Boeing and institutions such as the University of Michigan are reportedly scaling back their DEI programs in response.

Dhillon's expertise and understanding of legal frameworks make her well-suited for this role.