McCarter partner Franklin Turner commented in USA TODAY regarding the recently issued Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping.
President Donald Trump’s decision to restrict the federal government and its contractors from engaging in what he calls “divisive” and “un-American” diversity training is sending a chilling effect throughout corporate America just as companies were stepping up efforts to address racial disparities following the death of George Floyd, a Black man, under the knee of a white officer in Minneapolis in May.
“It’s already having a massive effect and will continue to have a massive effect until it’s rescinded or if it’s rescinded,” said Franklin Turner, a partner with law firm McCarter & English who represents multinational contractors and small and medium-sized companies.