{"id":2644581,"date":"2026-08-13T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T21:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-abolishes-ideologically-extreme-and-discriminatory-dei-policies-in-foreign-service\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T17:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T21:39:17","slug":"state-department-abolishes-ideologically-extreme-and-discriminatory-dei-policies-in-foreign-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-abolishes-ideologically-extreme-and-discriminatory-dei-policies-in-foreign-service\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department abolishes &#8216;ideologically extreme and discriminatory&#8217; DEI policies in Foreign Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-department-abolishes-ideologically-extreme-and-discriminatory-dei-policies-in-foreign-service%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2644581&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. State department announced plans to overhaul its diplomatic personnel system by removing policies related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). This shift marks a move away from previous practices that emphasized DEI initiatives, which the department describes as ideological and discriminatory.The reforms include discontinuing procedures that incorporated critical race theory materials and discussions of systemic racism in foreign language training and diplomatic training programs. the Department emphasizes that American diplomats are primarily tasked with safeguarding national interests rather than promoting Woke political agendas. Historically, DEI considerations played a role in evaluating Foreign Service officers, and during the Biden administration, there were directives to highlight social inclusion issues with host countries. President Trump had initiated policies to eliminate DEI offices and initiatives entirely, viewing them as wasteful and ideological. The department aims to modernize and prioritize traditional diplomatic objectives, inviting Americans to join the Foreign Service based on skill and patriotism rather than ideological metrics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMicroaggressions\u201d and \u201callyship\u201d are out at the U.S. Foreign Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\">State Department<\/a> announced Thursday that it will be overhauling policies in the diplomatic personnel system, ending a slew of protocols previously established to further <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\">diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a> goals.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4686789\/state-department-abolishes-dei-policies-foreign-service\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>State Department abolishes \u2018ideologically extreme and discriminatory\u2019 DEI policies in Foreign Service<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4686833\/canada-petition-remove-us-ambassador\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Over 100,000 Canadians sign petition for the removal of US ambassador<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4682025\/us-nuclear-material-syria-secret-site\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US negotiates deal for removal of nuclear material from covert Syrian site: Report<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe DEI agenda was embedded in the institutional culture of the Foreign Service during the previous administration. DEI objectives and materials shamefully denigrated the United States, derided Americans of certain backgrounds, and distracted from legitimate foreign policy objectives that serve the American people,\u201d the department said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/08\/ending-dei-ideology-in-the-foreign-service\/\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">President Donald Trump prepares to depart a roundtable on the American mining industry, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, at the State Department in Washington, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/08\/localimages\/AP26219716784365.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump prepares to depart a roundtable on the American mining industry, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, at the State Department in Washington, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department published a list of policies and workplace practices that exemplify the culture being gutted from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4513339\/state-department-reform-modernize-u-s-foreign-service-officer-program\/\">Foreign Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report alleges that Foreign Service instructors were required to read critical race theory texts including <em>White Fragility<\/em> by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2156450\/white-anti-racism-author-paid-more-than-black-author-to-speak-at-diversity-event\/\">Robin DiAngelo<\/a> and <em>In Defense of Looting<\/em> by left-wing \u201cagitator\u201d Vicky Osterweil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign Service instructors were also allegedly provided with a \u201cDEI toolkit\u201d for discussing \u201cwhite privilege\u201d and \u201csystemic racism\u201d in foreign languages like Urdu and Hebrew, as well as an \u201cInclusivity Guide\u201d for integrating practices like \u201cnon-binary pronouns\u201d into course materials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmerica\u2019s diplomats are the nation\u2019s first line of defense against hostile powers, terrorists, deadly narcotics smuggling, illegal immigration, and other threats to the safety, security, and prosperity of the American people,\u201d the department said, adding that it is \u201cimplementing modernization reforms to the Foreign Service and invites all Americans with the skill and spirit to represent our nation around the world to apply to join the U.S. Foreign Service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DEI programs have been a target of President Donald Trump since returning to the Oval Office in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On his first day, Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292719\/trump-order-reversal-dei-restore-base-names-changed-biden\/\">issued an executive order<\/a> titled \u201cEnding Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing,\u201d which instructed federal government employees to \u201cterminate, to the maximum extent allowed by law, all DEI, DEIA, and \u2018environmental justice\u2019 offices and positions (including but not limited to \u2018Chief Diversity Officer\u2019 positions); all \u2018equity action plans,\u2019 \u2018equity\u2019 actions, initiatives, or programs, \u2018equity-related\u2019 grants or contracts; and all DEI or DEIA performance requirements for employees, contractors, or grantees.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adherence to DEI policies was previously considered in the evaluation of Foreign Service officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4681574\/state-department-visas-revoked-foreign-nationals-violations\/\">STATE DEPARTMENT HAS REVOKED 175,000 VISAS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS, CITING VIOLATIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One piece of DEI material from the Foreign Service during Joe Biden\u2019s presidency, obtained by Fox News Digital, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-era-directive-diplomats-peddle-dei-foreign-governments-scrapped-state-department\">instructed offices<\/a> to \u201croutinely raise social inclusion, racial\/gender equity, disability, and LGBTQI+ issues with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-state-department-axes-biden-era-initiative-that-sought-to-spread-dei-around-the-world\/\" title=\"Trump ... Axes Biden-Era Initiative That Sought to Sp... ... Around the World\">high-level host country interlocutors<\/a>, especially in countries where these issues are problematic.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnder the Trump Administration, America\u2019s diplomats are tasked with advocating for our national interests on the world stage \u2014 not demonstrating adherence to woke political dogmas,\u201d State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott told the outlet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Foreign Service drops DEI policies, ends &#8220;microaggressions&#8221; and &#8220;allyship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2644582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26219716784365.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[49187,60434,55303,44953,32895],"class_list":["post-2644581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dei-policies","tag-diversity-and-inclusion","tag-foreign-service","tag-government-reform","tag-state-department"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP26219716784365.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644581"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644585,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644581\/revisions\/2644585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2644582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}