Biden revokes Trump order banning some diversity training
Source: Associated Press
ALEXANDRA OLSON,
AP Business Writer
Jan. 21, 2021
Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 7:51 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP) Civil rights groups on Thursday celebrated President Joe Bidens swift revocation of a Trump administration order that had banned federal agencies, contractors and recipients of federal funding from conducting certain diversity training.
The order had targeted workplace trainings that explored systemic racism and privilege, which former President Donald Trump had deemed un-American and potentially harmful to white workers. The Department of Labor had already suspended enforcement of the order after a California federal court granted a preliminary injunction against it in response to a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, an organization that advocates for the rights of LGBT people.
Bidens move underscores the priority he attaches to the United States government grappling honestly with implicit bias, racism and sexism in this country, said Noel Twilbeck, chief executive officer at CrescentCare, a New Orleans non-profit that was part of that lawsuit. CrescentCare, which provides health and housing services to LGBT communities, was among the organizations affected by the order because it receives federal funding.
Camilla Taylor, director of constitutional litigation at Lambda Legal, said Biden's decision ensures that organizations don't have to look over their shoulders constantly to wonder if someone is going to report them and if it will lead to them losing their federal funding. She said several of Lambda Legal's clients are already taking steps to resume training that had been suspended because of the order.
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ShazzieB
(16,405 posts)So glad he didn't waste any time.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)I was absolutely appalled when trump ordered the end of diversity training, and the reasons he did it.
When I saw that the disgusting 1776 "report" had been tossed in the trash I wondered if trump's ban would also be reversed. I'm very happy to know this is so.
djacq
(1,634 posts)Curbside
(54 posts)They have funded a think tank called the Center for Social and Political Change since the mid 1970s. They promote pure racism on campus and elsewhere and I am really hoping someone challenges me on this so I can download a lot of the hateful stuff they are responsible for.
In the meantime naysayers can check this out.
IronLionZion
(45,447 posts)Trump supporters need to learn that sooner or later.