Pres. Donald Trump signed and issued an executive order that aims to help Latinos, African-Americans, other minorities in the country.

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Pres. Donald Trump signed and issued an executive order last week to help millions of Latinos, African-Americans, and other minorities in their workplace. Trump's executive order mandates that teaching white privilege and unconscious bias are now grounds for termination.

The executive order released last week forbids and restricts agencies from participating in divisive diversity training. It also 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."

If ever that the executive order will be violated, contracts may be "canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part and the contractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts," Pres. Trump decided to release it following the reckoning of the advertising industry over the death of George Floyd and other African-Americans under police brutality.

This means that companies should improve their hiring process and show equality among the applicants regardless of sex and race. This is part of Pres. Trump's campaign to end racism in the country and make sure that minorities will be given equal opportunity in the workforce.

On Friday, for example, Interpublic Group chief executive Michael Roth sent an internal memo saying the holding company is "continuing to require employees to take a mandatory online anti-harassment course in the U.S." This is a good sign in the country amid the present chaos inflicted due to systemic racism.

Marla Kaplowitz, 4A's president and chief executive, said that this new announcement would likely cause significant concern among agencies with government contracts. Specifically regarding stereotype training. Kaplowitz raised some concerns, and some of these are the following:

  • What activity warrants a training program as unlawful?
  • Who has the final say as to whether or not any training programs comply with the order?
  • And what the protocol is if a federal government agency mandates that employees attend diversity and inclusion training that contains stereotyping concepts as part of working on a contract or onsite?

She also added, "These uncertainties could also present new conflicts in current obligations agencies have under state laws to adhere to diversity training programs. Agencies could potentially have to create or subscribe to different diversity training programs to comply with the new order at great expense and complexity to many small and mid-size agencies."

Moreover, Pres. Trump posted on his Twitter account, "A few weeks ago, I banned efforts to indoctrinate government employees with divisive and harmful sex and race-based ideologies. Today, I've expanded that ban to people and companies that do business with our country, the United States military, government contractors, and grantees. Americans should be taught to take Pride in our Great Country, and if you don't, there's nothing in it for you!"

Pres. Trump's executive order also stated instructors and materials teaching that men and members of certain races and our most venerable institutions are inherently sexist. And racists appear in workplace diversity training across the country, even in components of the Federal Government and among Federal contractors.

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