You're not understanding what EO 11246 (the 1965 LBJ EO) did. The president can regulate federal government contractors in a way that he (the executive branch) cannot regulate private sector employers who are not government contractors.What is listed is from 1965, before DEI was even a thing.
What I listed "prohibited discrimination in hiring and employment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."
Why would Trump consider something that's anti discriminatory as discrimination?
I'm seriously trying to understand.
The 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed by Congress and created Title VII which outlaws discrimination in employment with respect to all employers that employ 15 or more people.
The LBJ EO went a step further for federal government contracts and required that they jump through additional hoops, such as submitting affirmative action plans and being audited for their hiring practices. It was unnecessary regulation and was cumbersome.
Trump doing away with that EO is not making it easier to discriminate because the companies who were subject to t e LBJ EO are also subject to Title VII (and other antidiscrimination laws at the federal, state, and local level).