THE (DIE) HAS BEEN CAST “NOW”!
President Donald Trump ‘Cancel’ Black History Month?
Trump’s sweeping anti-(DEI) executive orders.
After President Donald Trump signed executive orders in his first week in office! Ending federal programs related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. And reversing executive enforcement of civil rights laws. Public statements made on social media have suggested that the 47th president of the United States, also moved to end the official observance of Black History Month.
While someone has tried to cancel Black History Month… That is NOT happening in our office,” wrote U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas,
Claims that Trump or the Executive Office of the President. Has canceled Black History Month appear to stem from a post from Mark Zaid, a prominent lawyer in Washington, D.C.
He claimed that CIA employees were told that “all resource & affinity groups are canceled.” He continued, “NO”
Black History Month or MLK celebration, or any other Ethnic Recognition Months.!
While it’s plausible Trump’s executive orders may lead to a chilling effect on the Celebration of Black History Month around the Nation! Despite Zaid’s claim, there is currently no official order or directive to literally “cancel” Black History Month from President Trump. Neither of Trump’s anti-DEI orders “Ending Radical and Wasteful explicitly mentions Black History Month.
President Trump and the Grio, did not respond with an official response from the White House.
After inquiring about whether or not the administration had moved to end the observance of Black History Month; however, an official acknowledged President Trump’s previous recognition of BHM and pointed to misinformation on social media related to Growing Public Concerns.
During his first term as president, Trump signed proclamations every year observing “National African American History Month” and held official White House events, which recognized the month and paid homage to Black Americans’ contributions to the United States.
(At The Time,) Trump said it was important for the country to “remember the heroic legacy of African Americans who bravely battled oppression to usher in a bright new dawn of freedom.”
Despite President Trump’s past official recognition of Black History Month and the question of whether it will continue in his second term, civil rights leaders and policy advocates believe
Trump’s DEI ban forces freeze on events for Black History Month, Juneteenth and more
Memo obtained by ABC News revealed that the pause impacted observances such as Juneteenth, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month, Holocaust Days of Remembrance, and Pride Month Additionally!
