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

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

The Trump administration has instructed federal agencies to end racial sensitivity trainings that address topics like white privilege and critical race theory, calling them "divisive, anti-American propaganda."

In a to federal agencies Friday, the director of the Office of Management and Budget said the president recently became aware of the racial sensitivity programs, which encourage frank conversations about race in the

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