Summary of Impacts
Project 2025 recommends reducing environmental regulations on business which will lead to higher emissions and environmental harm. It suggests withdrawing from international environmental agreements which will lead to the breakdown of global efforts to fight climate change. It aims to cut funding for research into climate change and renewable energy, weakening future technological innovation.
Key Quotes
“Remove the U.S. from any association with U.N. and other efforts to push sustainable-development schemes connected to food production”
(Bakst 325)
“Revisit the designation of PFAS chemicals as ‘hazardous substances'”
(Gunasekara Page 463)
“Make the design, development, and deployment of new nuclear warheads a top priority.”
(McNamee 430)
Impacts on AAPI
Project 2025’s impact on Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities can be significant, affecting their health, education, and economic opportunities. For example, they face higher rates of COVID-19 infection and death due to systemic barriers and socioeconomic disparities.
In education, there are challenges in accessing quality schools and resources, leading to lower graduation rates compared to other groups. Economically, they often experience wage gaps and limited career advancement opportunities. These issues highlight the need for targeted policies and support systems to address these disparities and promote equity.
Such changes would deny AAPI students a full understanding of their own histories and identities, perpetuating existing educational inequalities and biases. By removing these critical perspectives, the policies would limit the comprehensive education that AAPI students need and deserve.
Additionally, in the workplace, the playbook supports religious exemptions that allow employers to make decisions based on their beliefs, even if it leads to discrimination against AAPI employees, especially those who identify as LGBTQIA+ or belong to minority religions. It also seeks to roll back civil rights protections, like those established by the Bostock v. Clayton County decision, which protects employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. These proposals would increase workplace discrimination and reduce protections for AAPI individuals, further marginalizing these communities and exacerbating systemic inequalities.
Lastly, AAPI are subject to racial profiling, stereotyping and discrimination. For Asian Americans, this is often expressed in “The Model Minority” stereotype. Furthermore, health issues such as higher rates of diabetes and heart disease coupled with lower median household income and higher poverty rates are prevalent.
Pacific Islanders face numerous issues including climate change impacts, cultural erosion, and economic challenges.
Quotes from the Mandate
Page numbers refer to the Mandate for Leadership PDF
For example, in Larry P. v. Riles, five African-American children were placed in special education classes based on a racially biased intelligence test. The court recognized that the use of IQ tests disproportionately affected African-American students, leading to their incorrect placement in special education classes. By ruling against the use of these tests, the court aimed to address the discriminatory impact of such assessments in education.
Without the disparate impact standard, marginalized communities will face more barriers when accessing educational programs and will have fewer legal pathways for removing those barriers.