--------- Forwarded message --------- From: John A Imani <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [change-links] Reactionary law suit charges discrimination against white students at LAUSD
Damn. This is just more of the same when they speak of DEI and Affirmative Action. They are fond of using King's "Not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Same folks who, if they were around in 1968, would have applauded James Earl Ray. Out loud. JAI On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 12:04 PM Michael Novick < [email protected]> wrote: > From LA Times: > A lawsuit against LAUSD alleges ‘overt discrimination’ against white > students > > - A group sued LAUSD claiming the district discriminates against white > students > > <https://link.latimes.com/click/43649810.100694/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGF0aW1lcy5jb20vY2FsaWZvcm5pYS9zdG9yeS8yMDI2LTAxLTIwL2xhdXNkLWhlbHAtZm9yLW5vbi13aGl0ZS1zdHVkZW50cy1odXJ0cy13aGl0ZS1zdHVkZW50cy1zdWl0LWFsbGVnZXM_c2ZtY19pZD02NTMyOWZjMjI1YjM2NDA2NjZhZjczYzEmdXRtX2lkPTQzNjQ5ODEwJnNrZXlfaWQ9YmUxY2Y5YjdiNDdmYmQzZTQ4OGNiMzQ5ZTVkYTA2YjQ1MGQ4ZGQzNTVlNGVjNzFkOWU0MTgxMjA3NjU2ZmFjNQ/65329fc225b3640666af73c1B69ad5a44> > by > allocating more resources to schools where at least 70% of students are > nonwhite. > - The lawsuit alleges that students in the targeted schools receive > benefits that include smaller class sizes and that they also receive > preferential treatment for entry into sought-after magnet programs. > - Critics of the lawsuit say the programs were established to address > decades of discrimination in underresourced schools. > > Additional from LAT story: > > In response to an earlier lawsuit — and to the Supreme Court’s recent > rulings — L.A. Unified in 2024 rebranded a program > <https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-10-14/lausd-black-student-achievement-program-conservative-legal-challenge> > set > up to help Black students to instead assist all students who needed the > extra support at targeted schools. > > Pedro Noguera, the dean of USC’s Rossier School of Education, called the > new litigation an “increasingly common” tactic from conservative groups > “who want to claim reverse discrimination based on the idea that helping > low-income kids of color hurts affluent white students. However, there is > no empirical evidence to support this claim.” > > The lawsuit states that the 1776 Project has standing because its members > include an L.A. Unified parent who was unable to get into a magnet school > of choice. > The Foundation appears to be an offshoot of Trump's effort to create a > "1776 Commission" to counter the "1619 Project" about the centrality of the > enslavement of Africans and African descent people in US History. It > describes itself this waY: > > President Donald Trump plans to abolish the Department of Education, but > this is merely the start of wresting control of our children's education > away from the federal government and back to local school boards. > > Our local schools are falling behind. The new 1776 Project Foundation is > building the playbook to reverse the decades of decline. *The 1776 > Project Foundation will research education initiatives, develop policy, and > more. Think: the NRA of conservative education.* > > "It's time for conservatives to lay down the infrastructure to hold local > government accountable, eliminate indoctrination, and improve academic > scores," says 1776 Project Foundation President Aiden Buzzetti. > > The foundation is an off-shoot of the 1776 Project PAC. Since 2020, the > 1776 Project PAC has led the conservative fight to win conservative school > board seats and own the education issue, from ending remote learning to > championing a return to classical education. Over 250 of their endorsed > candidates won elections. 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