1. You can find a nice summary of the Biden administration’s
executive orders and actions on social equity here:
https://www.boisestate.edu/bsi/blog/2021/03/29/equity-based-ex
ecutive-orders-an-overview/
So far, the Biden administration has issued 10 executive orders
pertaining to social equity. List those executive orders below, using the
example provided
Example:
Executive order 14020: Establishes a White House gender policy
council
2. Which groups does the Biden administration target, and why?
3. Why do you think that the Biden administration has done this via
executive order (rather than by pushing legislation through
Congress)?
4. Click on the information for Executive Order 13985. Read the
introductory text for this EO.
a. What does Biden mean when he refers to a ”
whole-of-government equity agenda“?
b. Read the text starting with “By advancing equity across the
federal government.” What is the goal of this executive
order?
c. What are agencies required to do under this executive
order?
5. Scroll to Section 5 of this EO. What are agencies instructed to
do?
7. The Department of Interior is one agency that has filed an Equity
Action Plan under EO 13985. You can find the plan here:
https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/eo13985-02-10-2022-doiequity-action-plan-final-with-cover.pdf
a. What are the Department’s Priority Actions?
b. What are some of the strategies that the Department used
to engage with the public in developing the plan?
c. The equity action plan includes an initiative around Indian
Boarding Schools — a program that was run by the
Department’s Bureau of Indian Affairs. What was the
Indian Boarding School program?
d. Why does the Department of Interior now recognize this
program as one that contributes to social inequity?
e. What is their plan for addressing the effects of the boarding
school policy?
8. The Biden administration proposes a new direction for
addressing social equity in the federal government. Previously –
under the Civil Right Act – the federal government focused on
prohibiting agencies from engaging in intentional acts of
discrimination. How is the approach in EO 13985 different?
8. Do you think that the Biden administration’s approach is
appropriate for addressing social inequities in the 21st century?
Why or why not?
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