Thursday, December 24, 2020

Trump Executive Order Banning Diversity Training Blocked by Federal Judge


A Federal Judge has Blocked Trump's Executive Order Restricting the Federal Government and its Contractors from offering Diversity Training that Trump labeled "Divisive" and "Un-American."

U.S. District Judge, Beth Labson Freeman, Granted a Preliminary Nationwide Injunction in the Lawsuit filed by LGBT Rights Groups, in November, in the Northern District of California, saying the Groups were likely to Prevail on their First Amendment Claims.

“Plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of success in proving violations of their constitutional rights,” Freeman wrote in a 34-page Order Tuesday. “Moreover, as the government itself acknowledges, the work Plaintiffs perform is extremely important to historically underserved communities.”

Elizabeth Warren Challenged the Executive Order while Democrats call it a 'Political Stunt', 'It's already having a massive effect', Corporate America Demands Trump Rescind Executive Order on Diversity

Critics say the Executive Order was a Broadside against Diversity and Inclusion Programs seeking to Reverse Patterns of Discrimination and Exclusion going back Decades. The Incoming President-Elect, Joe Biden's Administration, is widely expected to Scrap it.

Trump's Executive Order, which affected: Government Agencies; Fortune 500 Companies; Educational Institutions; Nonprofits; and any others, that have Federal Contracts or Plan to apply for them, had an almost immediate Chilling Effect on Reinvigorated Efforts to Address Racial Disparities in the Workplace.

More than 55 years after the Civil Rights Act, less than 2% of the Top Executives at the Nation’s Largest Companies are Black.

The Executive Order's stated Goal was "to combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating." The Labor Department previously said the Elimination of "race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating in employment" was "a key civil rights priority of the Trump Administration."

Civil Rights Groups including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed another Lawsuit in October alleging the Executive Order Violates Free Speech Rights in an "extraordinary and unprecedented act by the Trump administration to undermine efforts to foster diversity and inclusion in the workplace." “We commend the court for identifying the constitutional infirmities of President Trump’s Executive Order 13950, which amounts to a ban on truth and equality, and for providing immediate relief by enjoining enforcement of the Order nationwide” Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said in a Statement.

Nelson called on the President-Elect Biden's Administration to Rescind the Executive Order and issue a New One "that helps to restore and, more importantly, advance diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the workplace.”

Asked about his Executive Order during the First Presidential Debate, Trump said: "They were teaching people that our country is a horrible place, it’s a racist place. And they were teaching people to hate our country. And I’m not gonna allow that to happen." Biden responded, “Nobody’s doing that.” “The fact is that there is racial insensitivity," he told Trump.

The Target of Trump's Executive Order was Critical Race Theory, which Teaches that Racism pervades Government and other American Institutions, giving White People an Advantage. Trump seized on the Issue following Appearances by Conservative Activist Christopher Rufo on Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight." "What I've discovered is that critical race theory has become, in essence, the default ideology of the federal bureaucracy and is now being weaponized against the American people," Rufo, Director of the Discovery Institute's Center on Wealth & Poverty in Seattle, said on Carlson's Show.

The Trump Administration also Challenged Corporate Efforts to Recruit more Black Executives and Executives of Color into Leadership Ranks.










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