AT&T Pledges to Eliminate DEI Policies After Pressure from Brendan Carr’s FCC

Breitbart ^ | 4 Dec 2025 | Lucas Nolan

[Olog-hai]

AT&T has vowed to scrap its DEI policies, including a worker training program that labeled racism as a “uniquely white trait.”

The telecommunication giant’s sudden change of heart on policies that discriminate against white men comes after pressure from FCC Chairman Brendar Carr.

The New York Post reports that AT&T, the Dallas-based telecom company with over 110,000 employees in the United States, has announced its decision to eliminate its DEI policies. This move comes in response to pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who has made it clear that companies will not be approved for crucial FCC licenses until they axe policies that discriminate on topics like race, gender, and sexual orientation. […]

The decision to scrap the DEI policies follows controversy surrounding AT&T’s worker training program, which reportedly labeled racism as a “uniquely white trait.” According to a 2021 report by Christopher Rufo based on leaked documents, the training encouraged white employees to study resources related to critical race theory and told them that they “are the problem.”

As part of its commitment to merit-based opportunity and equal employment, AT&T has stated that it will not enforce any hiring or supplier contract quotas based on race, gender, or sexual orientation. The company has also removed all DEI training from its employee curriculum and will not have any employee roles focused on DEI. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: atandt; crt; dei; fcc

[Lurker]

Good.

Now fire everyone who had anything to do with these illegal policies.

L

[HYPOCRACY]

Not enough. People need to go to prison for this crap.

[ArcadeQuarters]

Discrimination is discrimination. If they favored whites, they’d be crucified and launched into space.

[The Duke]

Why am I thinking that the damage has already been done? The good news is that I would prefer to charge them bigger $$$ as a subcontractor to fix their screw-ups.

[cpdiii]

Why is DEI even debated? In accordance with the civil rights act in the 60s discrimination by race, sex and religion is not legal. By definition of that civil rights act (a good act) DEI is illegal. DEI is nothing but discrimination. It is illegal.