Nationalist-pandering move against CRT

20-9-30 A two-page White House ‘race’ memo became a flash point in Tuesday’s debate: Racist-in-Chief wanted to ban federal agency training on ‘critical race theory,’ but agencies have scrambled, stumbled

"A two-page White House memo that directed federal agencies to halt “un-American” and “divisive” employee training has led to widening confusion and cancellations across the government, as stumped officials are unsure how to respond but fearful of backlash from UNpresident Nationalist-in-Chief."

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"Their comments came one day after the White House issued its second set of guidelines on the attempted bans. The guidelines outlined how the government would retaliate against those who did not follow the new restrictions."

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"Russell Vought, [director of White House’s Office of Management and Budget], updated the administration’s guidance after the National Park Service sent agency officials a memo last week suspending hundreds of training programs while it tried to understand how to comply with the order, according to emails and documents reviewed by The Washington Post. It would later narrow the list of suspended courses, but some employees said they still included ones on sexual harassment, tribal consultation and how to respond to people with disabilities."

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"The chain of events stems from a Sept. 4 memo Vought issued, which said tRUMP had asked him to stop federal agencies from giving employee trainings on “white privilege” and critical race theory. Vought cast this approach as “divisive” and “un-American.”

The White House issued the memo after FAUX Lies ran a number of segments criticizing “diversity and inclusion” efforts in the federal government.

tRUMP saw one of the cable news programs and asked aides, “What is this crap?” a Badministration official said, describing his reaction, and he directed OMB to cancel the seminars. tRUMP saw the matter as a winning campaign issue. Within days, a guest on FAUX Lies who raised the issue had been called, Vought had been summoned to the Oval Office, and the memo from OMB had been drafted. It was released late on a Friday night (20-9-4)."

... 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. ...

[Unfortunately, extremist approaches at both poles of this issue (CRT:white nationalism) are problematic.]