Trump To Ban Federal Race-Related Training

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

 

President Trump is moving to revamp federal agencies’ racial sensitivity trainings, casting some of them as “divisive” and “un-American,” according to a memo by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

In the two-page memo, OMB Director Russell Vought says Trump has asked him to prevent federal agencies from spending millions in taxpayer dollars on these training sessions. Vought says OMB will instruct federal agencies to come up with a list of all contracts related to training sessions involving “white privilege” or “critical race theory,” and do everything possible within the law to cancel those contracts, the memo states.

The memo, released on Friday, also tells all federal agencies to identify and if possible cancel contracts that involve teaching that America is an “inherently racist or evil country.”

“The President has directed me to ensure that federal agencies cease and desist from using taxpayer dollars to fund these divisive, un-American propaganda training sessions,” the memo states.

Parts of the memo were carefully worded, but Trump went several steps further in describing his actions in a series of Twitter posts on Saturday morning.

Trump responded “Not any more!” to one person’s tweet, which read “Critical race theory is the greatest threat to western civilization and it’s made its way into the US federal government, the military, and the justice system.”

In the memo, Vought writes that “It has come to the President’s attention that Executive Branch agencies have spent millions of taxpayer dollars to date ‘training’ government workers to believe divisive, anti-American propaganda.”

He then refers to press reports that say federal employees “have been 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.’ ”

It could not immediately be learned what training sessions Vought was referring to in the memo. Recent Fox News segments have heavily criticized “diversity and inclusion” efforts in the federal government started under the Obama administration.

“It’s absolutely astonishing how critical race theory has pervaded every institution in the federal government,” Chris Rufo, research fellow at the right-wing Discovery Institute, told Fox News’s Tucker Carlson earlier this week.

Other experts say racial and diversity awareness trainings are essential steps in helping rectify the pervasive racial inequities in American society, including those perpetuated by the federal government. Several studies have found federal contracts are disproportionately awarded to white-owned businesses. In 2017, a study by the Minority Business Development Agency found a dwindling over two decades in contracts for minority-owned businesses, according to NPR.

OMB said it would soon issue more guidance on curtailing these training sessions. An administration official said the order has already gone into effect: Such a training on “class biases” scheduled for Friday was postponed. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details about a postponed session.

Racial awareness trainings can help officials realize unconscious bias in the awarding of contracts from the federal government, the country’s largest employer, said M.E. Hart, an attorney who has given hundreds of diversity training sessions for businesses and the federal government for more than 20 years.

The racial sensitivity trainings can improve morale and cooperation in the workplace, and by increasing the diversity of perspectives, ultimately improve overall efficiency, Hart said.

“If we are going to live up to this nation’s promise — ‘we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal’ — we have to see each other as human beings, and we have to do whatever it takes, including taking whatever classes make that possible,” Hart said. “These classes have been very powerful in allowing people to do that, and we need them more than ever. There’s danger here.”

The OMB memo later says that “the President, and his Administration, are fully committed to the fair and equal treatment of all individuals in the United States.” It was first reported by RealClearPolitics.

The memo comes after Trump has put himself at the center of intense national debates about race, police tactics, the Civil War and the Confederate flag. Democrats have long taken aim at Trump’s comments about race, including his false assertion that former president Barack Obama was not born in the United States.

And this year, as numerous Black Lives Matter protests occurred around the country after police officers killed or shot Black Americans, Trump has sharply criticized social justice protesters and called for law enforcement to crack down.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/04/white-house-racial-sensitivity-training/

[ThisGuyTony 34,859]

“But-but Trump and Biden are completely the same.” 

[MJHolland 12,725]

Please vote for Joe Biden what the f*CK?!?!?!?!

[Giorno Giovanna 3,178]

Read for yourself, you lazy beans, before you comment, so you actually know what you are talking about 

source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/M-20-34.pdf 

Spoiler

It has come to the President's attention that Executive Branch agencies have spent millions of taxpayer dollars to date "training" government workers to believe divisive, antiAmerican propaganda.

For example, according to press reports, employees across the Executive Branch have been 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." According to press reports, in some cases these training have further claimed that there is racism embedded in the belief that America is the land of opportunity or the belief that the most qualified person should receive a job.

These types of "trainings" not only run counter to the fundamental beliefs for which our Nation has stood since its inception, but they also engender division and resentment within the Federal workforce. We can be proud that as an employer, the Federal government has employees of all races, ethnicities, and religions. We can be proud that Americans from all over the country seek to join our workforce and dedicate themselves to public service. We can be proud of our continued efforts to welcome all individuals who seek to serve their fellow Americans as Federal employees. However, we cannot accept our employees receiving training that seeks to undercut our core values as Americans and drive division within our workforce.

The President has directed me to ensure that Federal agencies cease and desist from using taxpayer dollars to fund these divisive, un-American propaganda training sessions. Accordingly, to that end, the Office of Management and Budget will shortly issue more detailed guidance on implementing the President's directive. In the meantime, all agencies are directed to begin to identify all contracts or other agency spending related to any training on "critical race theory/9 "white privilege," or any other 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. In addition, all agencies should begin to identify all available avenues within the law to cancel any such contracts and/or to divert Federal dollars away from these unAmerican propaganda training sessions.

The President, and his Administration, are fully committed to the fair and equal treatment of all individuals in the United States. The President has a proven track record of standing for those whose voice has long been ignored and who have failed to benefit from all our country has to offer, and he intends to continue to support all Americans, regardless of race, religion, or creed. 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.

In my opinion....finally something is done about this. The thought that a race is inherently racist is....surprise...racist itself. 

There are more differences within groups of people than between them. Black people are diverse, white people are diverse, leftists are diverse and so are republicans, and the list goes on and on. 

Because there's an infinite number of possible groups, based on all abitrary things, like skin colour, height, sex, gender, intelligence, interests, mental health, freckles, toe size, ...again the list goes on and on

Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

There ensuring that people aren't brainwashed into thinking they are inherently racist, by using taxpayer money, is a wonderful thing 

 

What is your opinion? Please keep it civil if you disagree.

Keep in mind, diversity of thought, opinion, freedom of speech.

[pachinko 10,753]

The white supremacy jumped out.

[Suuus 5,632]

Wow its almost like trump wants cops to be racist

[Seryabkina 888]

going out with a bang

[xoxo Craig 55,649]

Are we that shocked though?   its a sad state of affairs, but get rid of him this year please. Thousands of people (black, white, Asian, Hispanic...) did NOT campaign and protest against police brutality for this

[audrey horne 1,180]

They really said yes to more racism. 

[Bottom 1,842]

His supporters (white supremacists) will love this

[MJHolland 12,725]

I think we all know who is spewing the propaganda in this thread already 

glad this was AP and will get closed 

FYI: it's not divisive to acknowledge the FACT that everyone has unconscious bias against people who don't look, act, and sound like themselves. 

 

[blankpaper 21]

Ah yes, whitehouse.gov, the pinnacle of fair and unbiased news 

[alsemanche 97,796]

I saw the other thread made about this first and... I'm glad that OP isn't defending this decision here. What a sh*tshow tbh. White supremacy at its finest. 

[MJHolland 12,725]

1 minute ago, Bottom said:

His supporters (white supremacists) will love this

cc @Giorno Giovanna lmaooo 

[Suuus 5,632]

Just now, MJHolland said:

I think we all know who is spewing the propaganda in this thread already 

glad this was AP and will get closed 

FYI: it's not divisive to acknowledge the FACT that everyone has unconscious bias against people who don't look, act, and sound like themselves. 

 

Im white and i dont have any