racial sensitivity

President Trump addresses a rally this week at Capital Region International Airport in Lansing, Mich.

Agencies, Contractors Suspend Diversity Training To Avoid Violating Trump Order

Melissa Block

President Trump's recent executive order banning some diversity training has had a widespread effect as government agencies, contractors and universities scramble to figure out how to comply.

Protesters march in downtown Columbus on June 2, 2020.

All Sides with Anna Staver

Racial Sensitivity Training

This episode originally aired on Oct. 6, 2020.The Trump administration has moved to halt employee racial sensitivity training at federal agencies.At last…

Protesters confront officers at the Ohio Statehouse on Monday, June 1, 2020.

All Sides with Anna Staver

Racial Sensitivity Training

The Trump administration has moved to halt employee racial sensitivity training at federal agencies.At last week's presidential debate in Cleveland,…

President Trump, here on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday, signed an executive order on certain training about race for federal contractors, expanding an earlier ban on federal employees.

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Trump Expands Ban On Racial Sensitivity Training To Federal Contractors

NPR Staff

The president signed an executive order to combat race and sex "stereotyping" and "scapegoating." The training cited includes references to white privilege and systemic racism.

President Trump has ordered the federal government to stop critical race theory training. The order came even after a summer of protests for racial justice across the country.

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Trump Tells Agencies To End Trainings On 'White Privilege' And 'Critical Race Theory'

Matthew S. Schwartz

The director of the Office of Management and Budget told agency heads on Friday that such trainings were "divisive" and "anti-American."