The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has shut down more than a dozen extracurricular clubs that emphasized race and gender amid the Trump administration’s pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, NBC News reported, Wednesday.

Col. Chad Foster, West Point’s deputy commandant, issued the directive Tuesday, ordering the immediate dissolution of groups such as the Society of Women Engineers and the Korean-American Relations Seminar, according to an internal memo reviewed by the outlet. “These clubs are not authorized to continue informal activities using government time, resources or facilities,” Foster wrote in the memo, which not only eliminates the clubs but also forbids them from congregating on campus.  

The directive “cancels all sections, meetings, events, and other activities associated with these clubs Moreover, these clubs are no authorized to continue informal activities using Government time, resource, or facilities.”

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