The State Department, EPA, and VA are moving forward with critical race theory trainings—in violation of a presidential order.
The agencies are pressuring staff to denounce their "white privilege," become "co-resistors" against "systemic racism," and sign "equity pledges."
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PART 1
The State Department is moving forward with a "21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge," in which staff are asked to recite a racial equity "pledge," "select a different minority group daily," and engage in a "10-15 minute challenge" in "pursuit of racial equity."
To begin, the State Department tells employees to provide "emotional validation" for the George Floyd riots, which were caused by "cumulative grief." They specify that "looting" is "not endorsed," but rationalize it as an action of "the child who is not embraced by the village."
During the first week, employees are told to read "Becoming An Ally to Indigenous People," which instructs them to "use [their] own white privilege to speak out about injustices" and "[support] the efforts of Native people around the world to retain sovereignty of their lands."
In another lesson, employees are told to watch a video called "The Psychology of Black Hair," which claims that they "live in societies that value whiteness" and that "the histories of slavery, colonialism, and discrimination are weaved into our understanding of Black hair."
Finally, in Week 2, the State Department asks staff to "directly [challenge] institutionalized/systemic racism, colonization, and white supremacy," become a "co-resistor" against "oppressive institutions," and "transfer the benefits of their privilege to those who have less."
PART 2: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
The EPA is hosting a seminar on "Race, Resilience, and the Role of Being an Ally." They will teach "allyship, anti-racism, white fragility, microaggressions, white privilege, and systemic racism"—the key terms of critical race theory.
As part of the course, the EPA will teach employees how to "abolish racism and racist tendencies during a pandemic." The course is taught by race-trainer Buck Davis and someone named "Spirit."
PART 3
The Veterans Administration is moving forward with hosting a "Race Café" at its West Palm Beach office. Employees will have a "discussion of Microaggressions" and executives will sign an "equity pledge."
CONCLUSION
This is a grave violation of a presidential order—and threatens to undermine our democratic system. Scholars at @ClaremontInst and elsewhere have long warned about the administrative state becoming an unconstitutional "fourth branch of government." It must be stopped.
I have full confidence that @RussVought45 will shut down these trainings immediately. He is a fighter for the rule of law and will not tolerate open insubordination against the President.
So, remember, kids:
P.S. Here are the original source documents for the State Department, EPA, and VA's critical race theory training sessions.
Law enforcement should make it clear to university presidents that, if they are unwilling to expel violent protestors, they cannot expect the police to serve as a foil and do the clean-up work. The universities made this mess; we should not allow them to shift the responsibility.
The best approach for law enforcement is to create containment zones, prevent violence, ignore provocations, and avoid displays of highly public enforcement, which allow the pro-Hamas demonstrators to play the victim. Hold the line; let the universities deal with it.
The other approach, which the feds successfully used in Portland during George Floyd, is to identify ringleaders who are engaged in illegal activity and do nighttime snatch-and-grabs. This avoids the spectacle of mass confrontation and removes the most significant threats.
The key is to lock in the circle of connotations around the Ivy League. They stacked faculties with “decolonization” scholars, recruited left-wing student activists, and hired sympathetic administrators. We need to drive internal conflicts and connect all of the dots in public.
The second step is to remind voters that they are subsidizing these ideologies, and, more importantly, these people, through direct federal support, student loans, and Biden’s debt payoff scheme (don’t call it “debt forgiveness”). Call to action should be “defund the Ivy League.”
It’s important to remember that we should not throw Ivy League administrators a lifeline. The Right should be careful not to overreact; the best approach is to remain quiet and let the Left tear itself apart. The longer the encampments stay, the more the Left will fracture.
EXCLUSIVE: @LukeRosiak and I have discovered that the DEI director of UCLA Medical School, Natalie J. Perry, plagiarized multiple long passages in her PhD dissertation, which is her only published academic work.
The plagiarism here is shocking. 🧵
UCLA Med School has been in the news recently for promoting ideology about "Indigenous womxn," "two-spirits," and "structural racism." A guest speaker praised and two residents championed "revolutionary suicide."
The DEI director, who advances "anti-racism," is Natalie Perry.
But according to our exclusive analysis, Perry's career is predicated on academic fraud. Her PhD dissertation plagiarized material from ten other papers, which she did not attribute or put in quotations. The examples are brazen:
EXCLUSIVE: Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook is one of the most powerful economists in the world. But @LukeRosiak and I have discovered that her academic work appears to contain plagiarism, according to her former university’s policy.
The plagiarism scandal hits the Fed. 🧵
There have long been questions about Cook’s academic work. Her publication history is quite thin, contains serious methodological errors, and largely focuses on race activism rather than rigorous, quantitative econ. She had trouble getting approved by the Senate.
We have found that, in a series of academic papers spanning more than a decade, Cook appears to have copied language from other scholars without proper quotation and duplicated her own work and that of coauthors in multiple academic journals, without proper attribution.
Absolutely, I will share ten stories with original source documentation proving that this is, in fact, how many, if not most, Fortune 100 companies consider DEI.
Buckle up for the woke capital thread of thread. 🧵
EXCLUSIVE: Harvard racial-studies professor @ChristinaJCross plagiarized multiple passages in her dissertation and at least one other paper, according to a new complaint filed with Harvard’s research integrity office.
Harvard's plagiarism crisis is spinning out of control. 🧵
Christina Cross is a rising star in the field of critical race studies. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, garnered attention from the New York Times, and won a slate of awards for her dissertation, including one from the American Sociological Association.
The most serious allegation in the complaint is that Cross lifted an entire paragraph nearly verbatim from a paper by Stacey Bosick and Paula Fomby—the latter of whom was her dissertation advisor—without citing the source or placing verbatim language in quotations.