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President Biden reverses Trump's executive order banning certain diversity trainings

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One of President Joe Biden's first orders of business as America's newly elected leader was to sign an executive order reversing former President Donald Trump's ban on certain federally funded diversity and inclusion (D&I) trainings. 

Last September, Trump banned agencies and companies receiving federal funding from participating in trainings that discussed issues like "white privilege" and "unconscious bias," saying they were "offensive and anti-American." 

On Wednesday, Biden not only removed the ban, but also mandated the government agencies promote diversity.  

"By advancing equity across the federal government, we can create opportunities for the improvement of communities that have been historically underserved, which benefits everyone," the order reads. 

More than 160 business and nonprofit groups, including the US Chamber of Commerce, had called on Trump in October to withdraw his executive order, saying it had "a chilling effect on legitimate and valuable D&I training companies use to foster inclusive workplaces." 

In December, US 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. In October, The NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a separate complaint in federal court in Washington, D.C., along with the National Urban League and the National Fair Housing Alliance.

On the campaign trail, Biden said diversity trainings are needed inside the federal government. 

"There is racial insensitivity. People have to be made aware of what other people feel like, what insults them, what is demeaning to them. It's important that people know," Biden said.

"The only way we're going to bring this country together is to bring everybody together."

SEE ALSO: Meet Joe Biden, America's imperfect leader

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