Current Events > Trump administration plans to minimize civil rights efforts in agencies

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-plans-to-minimize-civil-rights-efforts-in-agencies/2017/05/29/922fc1b2-39a7-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html

The Trump administration is planning to disband the Labor Department division that has policed discrimination among federal contractors for four decades, according to the White House’s newly proposed budget, part of wider efforts to rein in government programs that promote civil rights.

As outlined in Labor’s fiscal 2018 plan, the move would fold the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, now home to 600 employees, into another government agency in the name of cost-cutting.

The proposal to dismantle the compliance office comes at a time when the Trump administration is reducing the role of the federal government in fighting discrimination and protecting minorities by cutting budgets, dissolving programs and appointing officials unsympathetic to previous practices.

The new leadership at the Environmental Protection Agency, for instance, has proposed eliminating its environmental justice program, which addresses pollution that poses health threats specifically concentrated in minority communities. The program, in part, offers money and technical help to residents who are confronted with local hazards such as leaking oil tanks or emissions from chemical plants.

Under President Trump’s proposed budget, the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights — which has investigated thousands of complaints of discrimination in school districts across the country and set new standards for how colleges should respond to allegations of sexual assault and harassment — would also see significant staffing cuts. Administration officials acknowledge in budget documents that the civil rights office will have to scale back the number of investigations it conducts and limit travel to school districts to carry out its work.

And the administration has reversed several steps taken under President Barack Obama to address LGBT concerns. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, for example, has revoked a rule ensuring that transgender people can stay at sex-segregated shelters of their choice, and the Department of Health and Human Services has removed a question about sexual orientation from two surveys of elderly Americans about services offered or funded by the government.

The efforts to reduce the federal profile on civil rights reflects the consensus view within the Trump administration that Obama officials exceeded their authority in policing discrimination on the state and local level, sometimes pressuring targets of government scrutiny to adopt policies that were not warranted.

Administration officials made clear in the initial weeks of Trump’s presidency that they would break with the civil rights policies of his predecessor. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered a review of agreements to reform police departments, signaling his skepticism of efforts to curb civil rights abuses by law enforcement officers. His Justice Department, meantime, stopped challenging a controversial Texas voter identification law and joined with the Education Department in withdrawing federal guidance allowing transgender students to use school bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity.

While these decisions have been roundly criticized by liberal activists, administration officials said that civil rights remain a priority for the Trump White House.

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but we certainly need a 350 ship navy

addy will be thrilled.
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How long before they just start shooting at minorities?
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"maga" lol
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ROD posted...

addy will be thrilled.

Blue_Inigo posted...

How long before they just start shooting at minorities?

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What do your expect from the party that approved the nomination of Jeff Sessions, someone who was considered too racist IN THE 1980s to be a judge.
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The real bigots are the people who keep talking about racism, sexism, etc. By eliminating government intervention in these areas, we'll no longer be forced to talk about it, and all prejudice will disappear

Blue_Inigo posted...

How long before they just start shooting at minorities?

lol talk about overreacting
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Sounds okay to me. And some people walk around saying Trump never accomplishes anything.

Most of those agencies were probably enacted under Obummer anyway.
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Blue_Inigo posted...

How long before they just start shooting at minorities?

Cops are ahead of the game in that department

Oh, don't get the wrong idea. I just know what this topic is gonna turn into, that's why I'm so happy.
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treewojima posted...

By eliminating government intervention in these areas, we'll no longer be forced to talk about it, and all prejudice will disappear

ok. keep thinking that
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treewojima posted...

The real bigots are the people who keep talking about racism, sexism, etc. By eliminating government intervention in these areas, we'll no longer be forced to talk about it, and all prejudice will disappear

Do people like this really think prejudice exists because it is talked about publicly?
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MAGA baby
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CableZL posted...

treewojima posted...

The real bigots are the people who keep talking about racism, sexism, etc. By eliminating government intervention in these areas, we'll no longer be forced to talk about it, and all prejudice will disappear

Do people like this really think prejudice exists because it is talked about publicly?

I wouldn't doubt some people do.
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CableZL posted...

treewojima posted...

The real bigots are the people who keep talking about racism, sexism, etc. By eliminating government intervention in these areas, we'll no longer be forced to talk about it, and all prejudice will disappear

Do people like this really think prejudice exists because it is talked about publicly?

I wouldn't be surprised. I've heard some pretty stupid shit, both online and in real life. It goes along with the mentality that because someone has never experienced prejudice, it doesn't exist and everyone complaining about it is just looking for a handout.