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As the White House tightens its grip on pretty much anything that would benefit people of color, one of its main focuses has been education. But Civil Rights leaders are responding to threats, throwing Trump’s rhetoric back in his face.
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Civil Rights leaders clap back at Trump's assault on diversity in education
Hey, y’all,
No surprises here. It was all there in Project 2025, the right-wing roadmap to governing that Donald Trump denied would have a role in his presidential administration: Education and people of color are the scapegoats for just about everything the president and his Republican Party think is wrong with America.
We’ve already talked about the danger the administration poses to education funding writ large. Now it’s time to shift and focus on the critical threat it poses to who gets educated and what they learn — and the argument that activists are using to fight back.
A number of civil rights leaders are sounding the alarm about the real meaning of the Trump administration’s attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles. The White House has viciously sought to erase diversity programs and policies everywhere in government and has pressed the same in the private sector with mixed results.
It’s not a surprise that this was coming. Republicans had earlier pushed to remove critical race theory, which they falsely say teaches hatred of America, from K-12 schools (CRT is a concept taught in graduate programs and law schools). That was a precursor to the attack on diversity principles in schooling, which the Education Department outlined in a Feb. 14 letter to educators, claiming that DEI violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection.
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