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JW Releases Confidential USDA Videos Revealing “Cultural Sensitivity Training” Program
February 14, 2013 | 10 Comments
Whistleblower Reveals
Indoctrination Program Requiring USDA Staffers to Bang on Tables, Chant,
“The pilgrims were illegal aliens”
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch
today released previously unseen USDA videos revealing a compulsory
“Cultural Sensitivity Training” program. A whistleblower reported to
Judicial Watch that employees were required to bang on tables, chanting
in unison “The pilgrims were illegal aliens” while being instructed to
no longer use the word “minorities,” but to replace it with “emerging
majorities.” Judicial Watch received the videos pursuant to a May 18,
2012, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
The sensitivity training sessions, described as “a huge expense” by diversity awareness trainer and self-described “citizen of the world”
Samuel Betances, were held on USDA premises. The diversity event is
apparently part of what USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack described in a memo
sent to all agency employees as a “new era of Civil Rights” and “a
broader effort towards cultural transformation at USDA.” In 2011 and
2012, the USDA paid Betances and his firm nearly $200,000 for their part in the “cultural transformation” program.
USDA Training Administrator, Vincent Loran, in an October 10, 2011,
email previously revealed by Judicial Watch, asked Betances for a copy
of a training video vowing to keep it secret. “It will not be used for
or show [sic] in any way shape or form,” Loran promised. Nevertheless,
Judicial Watch was able to obtain the video. Highlights from the video
of the taxpayer-financed diversity training include:- USDA Sensitivity Training Video Excerpt 1 – “If you take a look at all of you here and you think about your salaries and your benefits and what you have left undone – plus my fee – plus the expense of the team that putting the video together, this is a huge expense.”
USDA/Mexican consulates to immigrants: Don’t worry, food stamps won’t affect citizenship chances
5:10 PM 02/18/2013
Political ReporterThe United States Department of Agriculturehas been working to dispel immigrants’ concerns that getting on Food Stamps will harm their chances of becoming U.S. citizens.
The USDA addresses those fears in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food
In one portion of the brochure, USDA’s text asks, “If I get on SNAP benefits, will I be a ‘public charge?’” The brochure then answers: “No. You and your family can apply for and receive SNAP benefits without hurting your chance of becoming U.S. citizens.”
The brochure further advises immigrants that members of their family could qualify for food stamps, even if they do not.
“If you are not eligible due to your immigration status, your legal immigrant or citizen children may still qualify,” the brochure reads. ”You do not have to provide immigration information about yourself when you apply for your legal immigrant or citizen children.”
Legal immigrants may obtain SNAP benefits after a five-year wait. Children under 18, refugees, asylees, and some disabled and elderly do not have to wait, as the pamphlet notes.
The brochure, obtained by The Daily Caller, was part of a packet the USDA offered in response to a July inquiry about the USDA/Mexico partnership from Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee. The packet contained materials the agency gives Mexican consulates to distribute to Mexican-Americans, Mexican nationals and migrant communities in America.
The USDA/Mexico partnership started in 2004 under the Bush administration. Since that time, USDA personnel have met more than 150 times with the Mexican government to promote American nutrition-assistance programs. (RELATED: Learn more about the USDA’s partnership with Mexico)
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/18/usdamexican-consulates-to-immigrants-dont-worry-food-stamps-wont-affect-citizenship-chances/#ixzz2LOZguWB7
EPA Official Resigns
A top Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official under
congressional investigation for using a private email address to conduct
government business is stepping down.Troubling Lack of Diversity in Schumer Political Circle
A new exposé on the web of influence wielded by Sen. Chuck Schumer
(D., N.Y.) reveals a notable lack of diversity in the political network
of the Senate’s third-ranking Democrat. Styrofoam Is Next Target for Nanny Bloomberg
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will deliver his State of
the City address today at Brooklyn’s new Barclay Center. The mayor is
looking to solidify his reputation as “Nanny Bloomberg” with a slew of
proposed regulations in his final address, including a ban on Styrofoam.
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