Following Trump’s Order, Universities Halt Diversity Trainings Containing ‘Divisive Concepts’

Following Trump’s Order, Universities Halt Diversity Trainings Containing ‘Divisive Concepts’
President Donald Trump signs executive orders extending CCP virus economic relief, during a news conference in Bedminster, N.J., on Aug. 8, 2020. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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In the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning federal dollars from going to programs that teach “divisive concepts,” some universities have paused their diversity training efforts to conform with the directive.

The order, issued on Sept. 22, called for an end to federally funded, “blame-based” training programs that reinforce the idea that some individuals are “inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive” only because they belong to a certain sex or race.
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