NBA DEI chief Lesley Slaton stepping down: report

Lesley Slaton, the NBA's main DEI officer, informed colleagues successful an email Wednesday she's stepping down, according to Adweek. 

Brown joined the NBA arsenic main DEI serviceman successful 2023. Before that, she was main DEI serviceman astatine HP since 2015. 

Adweek reported the league volition prosecute a replacement. 

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"The values of diverseness and inclusion are cardinal to the civilization of the NBA, WNBA, and our different leagues and volition stay halfway to our concern and our workplace," the email said.

Other American sports organizations person taken steps to region themselves from DEI. 

MLB has removed "diversity" references from its careers leafage entirely. 

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The General Services Administration announced changes successful February to the Federal Acquisition Regulations meant to align with the president's enforcement bid aimed astatine restoring merito and ending favoritism successful the nationalist and backstage sectors. The determination reverses erstwhile Biden medication enforcement orders that made it mandatory to see DEI erstwhile reviewing declaration proposals. 

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Under Trump, connection associated with DEI principles was besides ordered removed from immoderate national acquisition, contracting, assistance oregon fiscal assistance procedures.

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