In this latest Civil Rights Summit convened by MSNBC's Rev.
At the end of January, The Wall Street Journal reported on a directive issued to State Department employees to heed the “spirit” of President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate diversity programs, a communication that the newspaper said had been interpreted inside the department as “likely prohibiting the agency from openly observing Black History.
The problem with a “pale, male, and Yale” State Department is that it is a direct affront to the American values of democracy, opportunity and, yes, diversity. When there’s little to no diversity at our leading foreign policy agency, the United States loses the opportunity to lead with effectiveness and legitimacy on the world stage. World leaders, allies and adversaries alike, take us less seriously when we do not lead by example when it comes to justice and inclusion of all our citizens.
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