The U.S. Division of Justice is, as soon as once more, failing to go away schooling to the states — a credo that President Donald Trump campaigned on — by meddling within the affairs of Chicago Public Colleges. Now, if the MAGA-fied DOE goes after the general public college system in Chicago, everyone knows it might solely imply one factor: one thing is being performed to assist Black college students.
Based on ABC 7, certain sufficient, the Trump administration has launched an investigation into CPS over its Black College students Success Plan, alleging that this system violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, as a result of, effectively, clearly, it has the phrase “Black” in it.
From ABC:
The DOE says the group Defending Schooling filed a grievance with the OCR, claiming that CPS’ 2023-2024 program racially discriminates in opposition to college students and focuses “remedial measures just for black college students, regardless of acknowledging that Chicago college students of all races battle academically.”
“Chicago Public Colleges have a document of educational failure, leaving college students from all backgrounds and races struggling and ill-prepared to fulfill the challenges and benefit from the rewards of up to date American life,” stated Performing Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor. “Reasonably than deal with its document actually, CPS seeks to allocate further assets to favored college students on the idea of race. The Trump-McMahon Division of Schooling is not going to permit federal funds, offered for the advantage of all college students, for use on this pernicious and illegal method. To CPS, I say this: Each American scholar deserves entry to a high quality schooling, and the Trump Administration will combat tirelessly to uphold that ideally suited and guarantee all college students are handled equally below regulation.”
Ahhh — so, an “all lives matter” argument.
It’s humorous as a result of each time white conservatives need to spotlight Black criminality, their go-to is Chicago. This metropolis, which doesn’t even make it into the prime 25 most violent cities within the nation per capita, someway turned the proverbial punching bag for white racists who want to justify their racism. But, MAGA-supporting authorities officers are launching an investigation right into a CPS program that would successfully cut back the probability of Black criminality by reinforcing Black schooling.
Whereas we’re right here, it’s additionally value mentioning that white folks’s presumptive assertion that Black folks in positions of energy obtained the place they’re as a result of DEI is predicated — effectively, off of their racism — however, of their minds, it’s primarily based on the notion that Black individuals are typically undereducated. Don’t get me unsuitable: the anti-DEI narrative is all simply white supremacist nonsense, however since they consider it’s true, one can solely surprise why they’d be so involved a few program aimed toward bridging the tutorial hole. (I imply, one must surprise if one didn’t already understand it’s simply plain previous American racism.)
“Immediately’s motion by the Trump Administration’s Division of Schooling, influenced by the right-wing group Defending Schooling, is yet one more try to hinder the progress we’re striving to realize,” Chicago Lecturers Union President Stacy Davis Gates stated in an announcement. “Reasonably than utilizing the Division to create alternatives for college kids, Trump and McMahon seem decided to rework it right into a debt assortment company and a automobile to dismantle the civil rights protections that help college students and their households.”
Precisely.
It’s value mentioning that Illinois is considered one of 19 states at the moment suing the Trump administration to dam its plans to withhold billions in federal funding for variety, fairness, and inclusion efforts in Ok-12 colleges.
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