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Posted: 2020-09-05T02:14:47Z | Updated: 2020-09-05T02:21:18Z

The Trump administration has issued a memo ordering federal agencies to end racial sensitivity training, declaring it un-American propaganda , according to the document obtained by The Washington Post .

The two-page memo released Friday notes that President Donald Trump seeks to prevent federal agencies from spending millions in taxpayer dollars on the training sessions and that any contracts involving instruction on white privilege or critical race theory be canceled immediately if possible.

The President has directed me to ensure that federal agencies cease and desist from using taxpayer dollars to fund these divisive, un-American propaganda training sessions, states the memo, written by Office and Management and Budget Director Russell Vought .

The memo says trainings that mention white privilege or asserting that racism is part of the countrys foundation engender division and resentment and undercut the federal governments core values.

It also directs agencies to end contracts for sensitivity training which teaches that America is an inherently racist or evil country.

Vought referred to an unnamed press report that he claimed says federal workers have been required to attend trainings where they are told that virtually all white people contribute to racism or where they are required to say that they benefit from racism.

The memo was issued as Trump this week slammed anarchist participants in protests against police killings of unarmed Black Americans.

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