By james art 
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin spoke on Thursday at CNN, discussing President Donald Trump’s executive orders and his views on how they could influence the city.
Trump signed executive orders on Monday, canceling the defenses for transsexual people and termination of programs for diversity, justice and inclusion (DEI) within the Federal Government in what he described in his speech for taking office as a move to end efforts on “Race of social engineering and gender in every aspect of public and private life. “
Both are major changes to federal policy and are in line with Trump’s promises.
Alabama had laws of DEI before the executive order.
“Americans are witnessing the federal government’s alabamotia,” Woodfin said in an interview. “In Alabama, we have seen the legislators who create laws to get rid of DEI and the governors signed in the law, which remove DEI from colleges and universities and other aspects throughout the country. We have seen this dance and the unfortunate part is that other Americans must witness this at national level. “
Alabama democratic leaders have pointed to America’s history to prevent prejudice.
“The importance of this is in the recognition of the law, which is the law on our land of 1964, when the civil rights bill was passed and when it became illegal to discriminate,” said Judith Taylor Toskaluosis chairman.
Republican Alabama leaders recognized the future without dei
“Everyone should be treated equally, regardless of the race, so I think it follows where the legal landscape in the country is in 2025,” said former Alabama State Paul Demarco.
Woodfin continued to discuss what he believes about using words and how they are used throughout the country and in politics.
“We made the words” diversity “. We did the words “justice.” We, as in others, have made these words “involvement” bad words. Turning is not a bad thing. There is no such thing that goes too far as it is related to being inclusive. There is no such thing that goes too far as it is related to justice. This is America. Capital is the right thing. There is no such thing as the variety is bad. America is a very diverse place. I think variety, justice and inclusion have been armed so that they can say that it is taken away from others, but what it really does is make sure we are deliberate … “Woodfin said in the interview.
Asked how Birmingham will handle the executive orders, Woodfin answered the following.
“Birmingham has always been a welcoming city. … I think our police forces are really focused on the public safety of our citizens. We are focused on weapons violence. We are focused on the things we consider necessary to keep citizens safe. We also have a priority to hire more officers and we are already short officers, if that makes any sense.
“Our key priority is to make sure we are actually police. Our priority is to make sure that we can deal with weapons violence and when you think about it, there is this conversation on the one hand on ice and immigration. And then we do not pay attention to the fact that a city like Birmingham faces violence with a pistol with unfortunately high percentage. They just got rid of the Office to prevent weapons in the White House. “
He finished the interview, saying, “The real focus must be on the American people and make sure that people are safe, making sure we are improving the quality of life. We haven’t seen this in the last 48 hours. “