MLB has removed “diversity” references from his career side in the midst of President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders aimed at rolling back DEI initiatives.
A recent Trump order includes directives for federal agencies to combat DEI in the private sector, and MLB has taken a step to comply. The independent Website Cupofcoffeenews.com was the first outlets market to report on the removal of MLB’s “diversity” references on Friday.
MLB treated the removal of its “diversity” references in a statement Friday.
“Our values for diversity remain unchanged,” MLB said. “We are in the process of evaluating our programs for any changes to criteria for eligibility needed to ensure that our programs are in line with federal law as they proceed.”
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However, the MLB career page still includes a reference to the inclusion and images of gay pride flags.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred launched a diversity pipeline program in 2016, resulting in over 400 assisted employment.
In October 2023, a federal complaint of civil rights against MLB for racial discriminatory programs of the nonprofit conservative organization for general interest, America America First Legal, along with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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The complaint claimed that the MLB’s official site presents at least four illegal employment and contracting programs with reference to the MLB Diversity Pipeline program, the Diversity Fellowship Program, Diversity in Ticket Sales Training Program and Miscellaneous Business Partners Program.
After an ownership meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, last month, Manfred announced that MLB assessed the interpretation of federal law.
“Our values, especially our values for diversity, remain unchanged. But another value that is pretty important to us is that we always try to comply with what the law is,” Manfred said. “There seems to be a development that is going on here. We are following it very carefully.
“Of course, when things get a little more settled, we investigate each of our programs and make sure that while the values remain the same as we are also in line with what the law requires.”
General Services Administration (GSA) announced changes in February to the federal acquisition regulations (father), which was intended to adapt to the president’s executive order aimed at restoring the meritocracy and final discrimination in the public and private sector. The relocation turns earlier Biden Administration Executive Orders, which made it mandatory to consider DEI when reviewing a contract proposal.
Trump’s Day An executive order with which GSA adapts its actions imposed on the federal contracting process to “be streamlined to improve speed and efficiency, reduce costs and demand federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with our civil rights laws.”
The order also commanded the Office of Federal Contract Compliance to “immediately cease” promote “diversity” and any encouragement from federal contractors and subcontractors to participate in affirmative action -like efforts considering race, color, sex, sexual preference, religion or national origin when making employment decisions.
Trump’s order added that the leaders of each executive agency must begin to include contractual language that requires federal contractors to agree to comply with the federal laws of discrimination.
Language associated with DEI principles was also ordered removed from any federal acquisition, contracting, grants or financial aid procedures.
An Appeals Court raised Friday a block on President Donald Trump‘s executive orders that end federal support for programs for diversity, justice and inclusion (DEI).
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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