White House Seeks Ban on 'Anti-American' Federal Diversity Trainings

The White House has ordered federal agencies to stop funding diversity trainings, said a memo released on Friday.

Some of the topics banned from the White House are "critical race theory" and "white privilege," reported USA Today. These are key topics in many diversity training.

The orders came from the White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought. He said taxpayer money wouldn't be allowed to go to diversity training anymore.

Vought wrote a letter to the heads of executive departments and agencies. He said the President had been made aware of the "millions of taxpayer dollars" that went to such training.

Diversity Training Create A 'Divisive' America?

The OMB director added that these training only 'train' workers "to believe divisive, anti-American propaganda."

He said the training teaches these beliefs on workers.

It opposed the "fundamental beliefs for which our nation has stood since its inception," Vought said.

The document also stated that such training only fosters resentment in the workforce.

The memo noted that there are continued efforts to welcome all individuals. He said the nation has to be proud of these efforts.

But Vought also said it should not be accepted that workers get training that wants to "undercut our core values as Americans and drive division within our workforce."

All agencies were directed to identify all their contracts or spending linked to training on the topics outlined.

Vought also cited reports from agencies that went through training. In the reports, employees are told that "virtually all white people contribute to racism". The training also teaches that racism is "embedded in the belief that America is the land of opportunity."

It was not clear which specific reports Vought was referring to. It is also unclear what drove the White House to issue the memo, noted BBC News.

Pulling at the Root

The training sessions have also been highlighted by the Discovery Institute, a conservative non-profit think tank in Seattle.

Its fellow, Chris Rufo, told Fox News this week that the U.S. Department of Treasury is one of the federal agencies that held such training.

Public records showed that these sessions taught workers that white people uphold the U.S.'s system of racism. These sessions also required male executives to go to training and write an apology letter to minorities.

For Rufo, the matter was "so serious." He said that Trump had to "immediately issue" an executive order to stamp out the ideology at its root.

The memo is just a little over a page long. A detailed set of guidelines on how to implement the ban will be issued by the OMB shortly.

According to the New York Post, Trump spent most of Saturday morning reposting news coverage on this decision on Twitter.

Race relations have been one of the most controversial issues of 2020. In fact, it is at the forefront of the 2020 presidential campaign.

Police related violence that has become widely talked about since late May. It has swept the nation in recent months. It has also ignited violent rioting around the country, calling for an end to racism.

But Trump has said before that he believed systemic racism is not a problem in the U.S.

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