WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to pull the US out of a UN coalition that State Department officials claim has been pushing unconstitutional and racist policies — including a push for global reparations.
The UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent promoted racial grievances and “victim based social policies” within the world’s governing body that ran afoul of the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment and Equal Protection clause, according to Trump administration officials.
“America will no longer lend its credibility to racist organizations,” said State Department principal spokesman Tommy Pigott.
“Radical activists who embrace DEI ideology and seek to compel the United States to adopt policies mandating race-based wealth redistribution, in organizations such as the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent will no longer be entertained,” he added.
“The United States is proudly withdrawing from racist organizations such as this forum.”
The coalition has advocated for a “global reparations agenda” to “compensate Africa and the African diaspora for the enduring legacies of colonialism, enslavement, apartheid and genocide between the 16th and the 19th centuries.”
It has also claimed “efforts to advance climate action” must be grounded in “racial equity,” suggesting that “climate justice cannot succeed without addressing historical and structural forms of injustice.”
That advocacy has also stemmed into emerging technology fields like artificial intelligence, where the forum declared only “reparatory justice” could halt “technology-enabled racism.”
Justin Hansford, a Howard University law professor and critical race theory proponent, was one of 10 people comprising the forum, where he served beginning in March 2022.
Hansford, who was the only US-based member and has since departed the position, has called for abolishing police departments, supported the Black Lives Matter movement and backed establishing a UN tribunal to force America into paying $5 million in reparation to black Americans, the Daily Mail previously reported.
