DEI Rollbacks Aren't Hurting Black Workers. Big Government Is.

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A Townhall opinion column argues that reports from groups like the National Urban League are wrong to blame Trump administration DEI rollbacks and EEOC changes for black workers' declining fortunes.

The author instead points to Federal Reserve interest rate policy and local minimum wage increases as the true culprits, citing a black youth unemployment rate near 19 percent attributed to July 2026 Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

The piece concludes that civil rights organizations should stop looking at Washington and instead blame independent monetary policy and local wage laws.

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An op-ed that carefully absolves the administration of any responsibility while citing statistics from a year that hasn't happened yet deserves the scrutiny of, well, any editor with a calendar. The argument that federal DEI rollbacks couldn't possibly hurt black workers because other bad things are also happening is not exactly a rigorous defense. Readers may notice the author chairs an organization literally named for market-based solutions, which is not disclosed as a conflict so much as worn as a badge.

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