Programs like this have been going on for decades which all spawned out of universities taken over by the left.Trump Moves to End Federal Racial Sensitivity Training
By5 September 2020, 10:55 GMT+8 Updated on 5 September 2020, 21:09 GMT+8
Donald Trump on Sept. 4.
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2:56President Donald Trump has instructed federal government agencies to halt racial sensitivity training with a White House memo that condemned such initiatives as contrary to the nation’s “fundamental beliefs.”
The memo was released late Friday by Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, who said Trump had directed him “to ensure that federal agencies cease and desist from using taxpayer dollars to fund these divisive, un-American propaganda sessions.”
“The divisive, false, and demeaning propaganda of the critical race theory movement is contrary to all we stand for as Americans and should have no place in the Federal government,” Vought added.
Russ Vought
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The memo was released as issues of racial injustice and police brutality have taken centre stage in the national political debate two months before the U.S. election. Widespread demonstrations over the past few months have forced a painful reflection on the treatment of Black people throughout American history.
Trump sent over 20 retweets Saturday morning from conservative media outlets and others applauding the move. In response to a post calling critical race theory “the greatest threat to western civilizations,” Trump tweeted “Not any more!”
Critical race theory is defined as the view that the law and legal institutions are inherently racist.
Vought’s two-page document didn’t name the training programs that prompted the move, only referring to unspecified media reports. According to his memo, the reports describe employees being required “to attend trainings where they are told that “virtually all white people contribute to racism” or where they are required to say that they ‘benefit from racism.’”
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The memo directed agencies to identify contracts and spending related what it called any “training or propaganda effort that teaches or suggests either (1) that the United States is an inherently racist or evil country or (2) that any race or ethnicity is inherently racist or evil.”
The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment late Friday night.
Trump’s decision puts him at odds with the policies of many American companies as well as state and local governments that have made racial sensitivity sessions a mandatory part of employee training.
The president grew increasingly hostile toward the demonstrations that began after the death in late May of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in the custody of the Minneapolis police.
People raise their hands and shout slogans as they protest at the makeshift memorial in honor of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 2.
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Some of the protests turned violent and Trump warned of anarchy, vowing to impose “law and order” to end the unrest. He has made that the central thrust of his re-election campaign, which had been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
