Rubio’s State Department Outlaws ‘Objectionable’ Works Fighting Racism

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Back in April, Marco Rubio’s State Department announced a “basic training program” for new Foreign Service employees, thousands of whom are tasked with enacting the country’s diplomatic agenda abroad. As I wrote at the time, the onboarding program includes “required and recommended readings” of works by authors such as the late diplomat George Kennan and the late political scientist Samuel Huntington, whose bigoted views have provided fodder for white supremacists.

And now the State Department is effectively banning books and training exercises that push back against bigotry. Last week, the department put out a press release titled “Ending DEI Ideology in the Foreign Service.” Putting aside for a moment that “DEI ideology” isn’t a real thing, the department listed what it calls “objectionable” content that will no longer be used, such as Ta-Nehisi Coates’ award-winning essay “The Case for Reparations.”

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