[February 19, 2026] Most Americans have never been comfortable with discrimination, regardless of the setting—be it an institution or a business—or the reason, such as race, gender, or religion. However, U.S. discrimination was once state-sponsored and overt, and we are now realizing the negative impact this had even on those the system was ostensibly designed to ‘help.’
The recent Supreme Court decision regarding the Harvard and UNC cases was based on a renewed interpretation of the 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act. This interpretation aligns with the literal text of these documents, suggesting that previous misinterpretations—driven by overzealous compassion—led to blatant, state-encouraged discrimination. That era is now coming to an end.
An article in The Times of the UK reports that Goldman Sachs plans to eliminate race and gender from board criteria.
US corporations have scrambled to change or withdraw their DEI programmes after President Trump signed an executive order in January last year that gave federal departments the power to launch civil investigations into such initiatives.
***
Other Wall Street banks have scrapped diversity goals. Last year, Citigroup said it would no longer require a diverse slate of candidates for job interviews. The bank will not have “aspirational representation goals” except as required by local law, its chief executive, Jane Fraser, said in a memo. …
JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America have also rolled back diversity initiatives around hiring.
As John Hinderaker wrote in a February 17th article for PowerLineBlog.com, regarding these changes: ‘…better late than never.’ While it is likely that many institutions, including universities, will attempt to persist in discriminatory practices by concealing their efforts, they now face a newfound and justified fear of litigation.
U.S. institutions of all types are rightly concerned about being sued by the white, Asian, male, and heterosexual individuals who have faced blatant discrimination for at least half a century.
————
Please read my books:
Sir, I can only hope this is true. But, from what I see on the news, nightly, is that there is a tremendous effort to discriminate against white males – and here is an important point – nobody stops to say “Hey, don’t discriminate” because it is wrong and flat out immoral. But blacks especially don’t see this as a problem, nor do politicians see this as dishonoring themselves and their political party which is overwhelmingly from the Democrat Party.
Gen. Satterfield, I hope you are right.
We all hope is his right. I have my doubts., 🤢
Sometimes I just wonder aloud how could anybody want discrimination. They are so deluded that it makes a normal person sick at their stomach. And to see it is politicians mostly and blacks in particular that want more discrimination. Don’t they see what they seek?
DEI = Didn’t Earn It
There are many who say that President Trump’s efforts to kill of as much of the DEI and Woke ideology as possible has made a difference here, and I do agree. And all good Americans who know that discrimination is both unfair, and – as you say – hurts those it is designed to help. And while that may be well known, there are simply too many dumb people who beleive it to be the new way of a “compassionate” society. Well, discrimination is discrimination. And it is evil at its core.
——
Martin Luther King Jr.: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
——
MLK’s dream is not realized.
I agree about MLK’s dream is not realized but I do think that Gen. Satterfield is correct in that we hare at least headed in the correct direction by stopping as much of this discrimination as possible. Muhammad Ali: “Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong.” Good quotes today.
Sir, I respectfullly disagree. But it is a noble goal. We have many leftist professors and Democrat politicians who love discrimination, as long as it is against white males.