Pentagon Orders Military Leaders to Pull Library Materials on Diversity-Related Issues

The Pentagon has ordered military leaders to remove and review library materials related to diversity, anti-racism and gender issues within the next two weeks.

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Military leaders must identify any library materials at their educational institutions that are “potentially incompatible with this core mission” and “appropriately sequester those materials” by May 21, according to the order. {snip}

A temporary panel, the Academic Libraries Committee, will provide guidance on process and developed a list of search terms to help identify the materials requiring review. The terms include “affirmative action,” “allyship,” “anti-racism,” “critical race theory,” “discrimination,” “diversity in the workplace,” “gender identity,” “transgender people” and “white privilege,” among others.

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