Trump’s War on Federal Workers Threatens Both Current and Future Black Generations

Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Outgoing President of the Morgan State University Political Science Association Tyler Mitchell penned a joint op-ed on the Trump administration’s reduction of the federal workforce and its impact on Black families and workers.

From the op-ed: “Within weeks, the Trump administration has ousted dozens of career officials, undone decades of policy aimed at removing barriers for Black inclusion, and signaled a return to patronage rather than merit. The recent wave of federal firings and policy shifts under the Trump administration represents a dismantling of government policy and practice that has led the private sector in opportunities for African Americans. Much of the private sector still lags greatly behind the government — the largest employer in our economy — in including African Americans at all levels of their workforce.”

This op-ed was published in the Washington Informer, Word in Black, URL Media, Other Words, and Dallas Weekly.