{"id":12973,"date":"2020-09-08T15:35:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T15:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/08\/trump-moves-to-end-un-american-diversity-training-for-feds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:26:08","slug":"trump-moves-to-end-un-american-diversity-training-for-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/hr\/2020\/09\/08\/trump-moves-to-end-un-american-diversity-training-for-feds\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump moves to end \u2018un-American\u2019 diversity training for feds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House\u2019s Office of Management and Budget notified agency heads Sept. 4 that federal workplaces will no longer be allowed to conduct \u201cdivisive, anti-American propaganda\u201d training that focuses on race theory and white privilege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has come to the president\u2019s attention that executive branch agencies have spent millions of taxpayer dollars to date \u2018training\u2019 government workers to believe divisive, anti-American propaganda,\u201d OMB director Russell Vought wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/M-20-34.pdf\" target=_blank>memo<\/a> to agency leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor example, according to press reports, employees across the executive branch have been required to attend trainings where they are told that \u2018virtually all White people contribute to racism\u2019 or where they are required to say that they \u2018benefit from racism.\u2019 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contracts for diversity training at federal agencies go back decades, though an initiative started through an executive order signed by President Barack Obama in 2011 moved to standardize and improve diversity efforts across the executive branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Governmentwide Inclusive Diversity Strategic Plan issued in 2016 as a result of that order focused on a New Inclusion Quotient, which called on agencies to \u201cprovide training and education on cultural competency, implicit bias awareness and inclusion learning for all employees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many such training programs examine topics like racial and ethnic privilege, microaggressions and how to recognize racist behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDiversity and inclusion programs in the federal government help us understand one another\u2019s perspectives and build a workplace where every employee is treated with dignity, fairness and respect, regardless of their background,\u201d American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs racial injustice continues to rock this nation, we ought to be building more bridges of understanding. 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