Yes, segregation is still illegal, and also amoral

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I can't believe I have to say this in 2025, but here we are … it's illegal and amoral to have racially segregated facilities in your business.

Why am I saying this? Because when Donald Trump revoked Executive Order 11246—originally signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 to mandate affirmative action and prohibit employment discrimination by federal contractors—he also removed the requirement that all federal contracts include a provision banning "segregated facilities."

Some are now asking whether federal contractors can once again have separate bathrooms and other facilities for white and Black employees.

Let me be clear: Racially segregated facilities are still illegal. If your business maintains them, you're violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits race-based discrimination in the workplace. And frankly, you're also a racist. Period.

It's heartbreaking that this even needs to be said. Instead of progressing, we're backsliding—and that should alarm us all.