The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money, raising the stakes in the president’s fight against “wokeness” and sowing confusion as schools scramble to comply.

In a memo Friday, the Education Department gave an ultimatum to stop using “racial preferences” as a factor in admissions, financial aid, hiring or other areas. Schools are being given 14 days to end any practice that treats students or workers differently because of their race.

The sweeping demand could upend education in myriad ways. The memo targets college admissions offices, ordering an end to personal essays or writing prompts that can be used to predict an applicant’s race. It forbids dorms or graduation events for students of certain races. Efforts to recruit teachers from underrepresented groups could be seen as discrimination.

It’s meant to correct what the memo described as rampant discrimination in education, often against white and Asian students.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
      17·
      3 天前

      Exactly … why follow orders from the government if they are not going to support you if you disobey or obey

      Let the government spend their money on fighting you because they’re going to fight you if you are going to do anything or nothing anyway.

      • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        3 天前

        “Since it is logical to conclude that you will kill us in any event, I choose not to cooperate.”