Summary: <p>The Trump administration issued executive orders last month that ban federal workers from participating in anti-racism trainings. Under the orders, such phrases as “critical race theory” and “white privilege” are verboten during executive branch on-boardings. The White House has previously issued guidance meant to stifle the teaching of negative aspects of American history — spurred, at least in part, by the overwhelmingly racist backlash to the <em>New York Times</em>' 1619 project. In this podcast extra, Bob talks with Georgetown law professor <a href="https://twitter.com/LawProfButler">Paul Butler</a> about how <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/04/trumps-bizarro-world-white-resentment-calling-out-racism-is-itself-racist/">the president is using executive authority to curate a culture of white ignorance</a>. </p>
