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Federal judge blocks Trump's executive order banning some diversity trainings

President Donald Trump called certain diversity trainings mentioning "white privilege" and "unconscious bias" "divisive" and "un-American."executive orderUS District Judge Beth Labson Freeman issued a preliminary nationwide injunction against Trump's order, ruling on a lawsuit filed by LGBT rights groups in November.

The executive order, which was passed on Sept. 22, barred agencies or companies receiving federal funding from participating in "offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating" trainings. The executive order targeted trainings that use certain terms, including "critical race theory," "white privilege," and "unconscious bias."

"Plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of success in proving violations of their constitutional rights," Freeman wrote, according to . "Moreover, as the government itself acknowledges, the work Plaintiffs perform is extremely important to historically underserved communities."in federal court in Washington, D.C., along with the National Urban League and the National Fair Housing Alliance.

 

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