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Trump Proposes 1776 Commission To “Reinstate Patriotism” In Schools?
Prioritizing emotional results over the stimulation of thought will hinder the development of deductive reasoning
Ten days after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd and rioting erupted across the United States, Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility, was asked to facilitate a conference call with 184 Democratic members of congress. DiAngelo told the white office holders, just because you marched in the sixties, or served a diverse district, or had a black roommate in college, doesn’t make you exempt from self-examination. Until you wrestle with the question: What does it mean to be white? You will continue to enact policies — intentionally or not — that will harm black lives.
DiAngelo’s lectures are labeled “antiracism consciousness training”, but ever since DiAngelo rose in stature after the George Floyd riots, the federal government noticed their diversity-training programs are inculcated with DiAngelo type ideas.
Therefore, President Trump ordered the director of the Office of Management and Budget to cease and dissent from using taxpayer dollars to fund diversity-training programs across the federal government. These were training programs that utilized concepts such as “white…