Trump vs. Critical Race Theory
America's president takes on a venomous ideology.
Wed Sep 23, 2020
Unfiltered Patriot

Editor's note: The essay below was contributed by "Shawn" on UnfilteredPatriot.com.

Only a couple of weeks after mandating that critical race theory workshops and trainings be completely excised from the federal government, President Donald Trump used Constitution Day to make his first significant public remarks about this ideology – which, in case you weren’t aware, is responsible for “intersectionality,” the idea that everyone other than white, straight men is somehow oppressed by the evil United States, and…well…most of the chaos we’ve seen this summer.

“This is a Marxist doctrine, holding that America is a wicked and racist nation—that even young children are complicit in oppression—and that our entire society must be radically transformed,” said Trump at the National Archives on Thursday.

Trump pointed to a controversial release from the National Museum of African American History and Culture as a prime example of the sickness rooted in critical race theory. While the museum has since changed the digital pamphlet under pressure from everyone with a beating pulse, the original version explained that traits like individualism, hard work, objectivity, the nuclear family, progress, respect for authority, and delayed gratification were “aspects of whiteness.”

“This is offensive and outrageous to Americans of every ethnicity,” Trump said. “It is especially harmful to children of minority backgrounds who should be uplifted, not disparaged. Teaching this horrible doctrine is a form of child abuse in the truest sense of those words.”

Trump also took aim at The New York Times’s 1619 Project, which is now being framed as a curriculum suitable for public schools. The Project reimagines American history as having begun in 1619, when the first slave ship arrived on the East Coast of the continent. It goes on to teach that American history is one of racial oppression and little more, and it explains that white supremacy is at the bleeding heart of everything that makes this country what it is.

“This project rewrites American history to teach our children that we were founded on the principle of oppression, not freedom,” the president said. “Nothing could be further from the truth. America’s founding set in motion the unstoppable chain of events that abolished slavery, secured civil rights, defeated communism and fascism, and built the most fair, equal, and prosperous nation in human history.”

But if that’s true, what reason would there be to go out there and loot and riot and burn down businesses? If that’s true, how could grifters like Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo make a living? If that’s true, how could the media continue to resurrect racism from the grave at a time where there is less of it in the United States than ever before in history?

Seeing as how this venomous philosophy stands a very good chance of being the thing that utterly rips this country apart, it’s good to see that at least one powerful man is standing up against it.

The grim question is: Will it be enough?

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/09...rontpagemagcom/

Trump Bans Critical Race Theory Training for Federal Contractors
Wed Sep 23, 2020
Daniel Greenfield

The executive order lays out, comprehensively, why the ideology is toxic, un-American, and has no place in the workplace.

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From the battlefield of Gettysburg to the bus boycott in Montgomery and the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, heroic Americans have valiantly risked their lives to ensure that their children would grow up in a Nation living out its creed, expressed in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” It was this belief in the inherent equality of every individual that inspired the Founding generation to risk their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to establish a new Nation, unique among the countries of the world. President Abraham Lincoln understood that this belief is “the electric cord” that “links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving” people, no matter their race or country of origin. It is the belief that inspired the heroic black soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment to defend that same Union at great cost in the Civil War. And it is what inspired Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to dream that his children would one day “not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

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This order goes beyond the federal workforce and to federal contractors.

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The Federal Government has long prohibited Federal contractors from engaging in race or sex discrimination and required contractors to take affirmative action to ensure that such discrimination does not occur. The participation of contractors’ employees in training that promotes race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating similarly undermines efficiency in Federal contracting. Such requirements promote divisiveness in the workplace and distract from the pursuit of excellence and collaborative achievements in public administration.

Therefore, it shall be the policy of the United States not to promote race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating in the Federal workforce or in the Uniformed Services, and not to allow grant funds to be used for these purposes. In addition, Federal contractors will not be permitted to inculcate such views in their employees.

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And on to the details which define divisive concepts to include...

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(2) the United States is fundamentally racist or sexist; (3) an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously; (4) an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or sex; (5) members of one race or sex cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex; (6) an individual’s moral character is necessarily determined by his or her race or sex; (7) an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex; (8) any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race or sex; or (9) meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by a particular race to oppress another race.

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The problem though is that even major departments and agencies are ignoring the previous order. That includes the State Department.
Federal contractors might be paradoxically more likely to pay attention because there's more leverage, whereas the bureaucracy maintains its own kingdoms and is the real deep state.

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In the event of the contractor’s noncompliance with the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (4), or with any rules, regulations, or orders that may be promulgated in accordance with the Executive Order of September 22, 2020, this contract may be canceled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part and the contractor may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts

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Perversely, the White House may have more control over contractors than over federal employees. That's another sign of a government that is run by unelected officials, rather than elected representatives of the people.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2020/...iel-greenfield/

Meanwhile back at the swamp:

Federal Agencies Violate Presidential Order on Critical Race Theory
September 21, 2020
Christopher F. Rufo

The State Department, EPA, and VA are moving forward with critical race theory trainings—in violation of a presidential order.

The agencies are pressuring staff to denounce their “white privilege,” become “co-resistors” against “systemic racism,” and sign “equity pledges.”

Another evaluation of the effect:


President Signs Executive Order Abolishing Critical Race Theory
September 22, 2020
Christopher F. Rufo

BREAKING: The President has issued a full Executive Order abolishing critical race theory from the federal government, the military, and all federal contractors.

The president has effectively declared war on critical race theory—and extended the battlefield to all of our major institutions.

To begin, the president explains that our nation was founded on the ideal that “all men are created equal” and denounces critical race theory’s “pernicious and false belief that America is an irredeemably racist and sexist country.”

The President writes that the “malign ideology” of critical race theory “is now migrating from the fringes of American society and threatens to infect core institutions of country.” He cites my original reporting on the Treasury Department, Argonne National Labs, and Sandia Labs.

The point on federal contractors is a major escalation: if a private company wants to work with the US government, they can no longer teach critical race theory anywhere in their offices. This could potentially disrupt CRT programs in half of the Fortune 500.

The executive order will also disrupt the flow of money to academia’s critical race theory programs. The order stops all federal grants that support CRT—with the potential to cripple hundreds of academic projects moving forward.

Finally, the executive order has a strong enforcement component: all federal diversity programs must be approved directly by OMB and OPM, and agencies are directed to initiate adverse action proceedings against managers who continue to hold CRT trainings. Furthermore, the President instructs the Attorney General to assess whether critical race theory trainings create a “hostile work environment” and constitute a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

The President’s executive order is nothing short of astonishing: he has used all of the mechanisms of power to destroy the anti-American ideology of critical race theory—and immediately takes the fight to the bureaucracy, woke corporations, and universities. He is playing to win.

When I began my reporting, I visualized a single goal: persuading the President of the United States to abolish critical race theory in the federal government. With this executive order, he has gone much further—and taken a dramatic step towards saving the country.

https://christopherrufo.com/president-si...al-race-theory/