The Pentagon, the Department of Defense of the United States, ordered, Friday, May 9, the identification and sequestration of documents in the libraries of military academies and war schools which address themes such as diversity, the fight against racism or transgender persons.

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This initiative is the latest of the Ministry of Defense, which is trying to eliminate all content and programs promoting diversity.

This has already led to the withdrawal of numerous documents and images from its website, especially those on the African-American pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen hunting group, which distinguished themselves during the Second World War.

A committee already at work for the examination of documents to be withdrawn

“Educational documents that promote discordant concepts and a gender ideology are incompatible with the main missions of the ministry”expresses a memo intended for Pentagon leaders, military commanders and other high officers.

This document asks them “To quickly identify all the documents of the libraries potentially incompatible with its main mission”put them on sequestration for examination, and “Determine what to do with these documents” in the end “.

A committee of leaders, “Educators and well -informed professionals”has already gathered a list of terms to seek to identify the documents to be withdrawn. Among the sensitive terms: anti-racism, gender non-compliance, race theory, inclusion, or transgender person.

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The world with AFP

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