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New Trump executive order tells agencies to stop ‘divisive’ diversity training or else

on Sep 28, 2020 | 0 comments

By Kenneth Hein

Teaching white privilege and unconscious bias are now grounds for termination, according to an executive order signed by President Trump.

Here’s what you need to know.

What has Trump signed?

  • Lost within last week’s political hailstorm was a new executive order signed by President Trump that forbids agencies from participating in “divisive” diversity training.

  • The executive order calls out government vendors who teach critical race theory, white privilege and unconscious bias. It states that such training that “promotes race or sex-stereotyping or scapegoating similarly undermines efficiency in federal contracting.”

  • It threatens contracts may be “canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part Read full story ›

    Source: The Drum