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DEI opponents are using a 1866 Civil Rights law to challenge equity policies in the workplace

Jan. 14, 2024 20:27 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Opponents of workplace diversity programs are increasingly banking on a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to challenge equity policies as well as funding to minority-owned businesses. Section 1981 of the act was originally meant to protect formerly enslaved...