Illinois scholarship program aimed at getting more teachers of color faces court challenge – Chalkbeat Chicago

Erin Wilcox, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, which filed the lawsuit against the Minority Teachers of Illinois Scholarship on behalf of the American Alliance for Equal Rights, said the Supreme Court reasoned that “just general societal discrimination is not enough anymore. That’s the standard that we’re holding Illinois to.”
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Pat S.
1 year ago

I recall a wise man once asking that people be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin.

Why has this concept been overwhelmed by the Left? Inconvenient? Doesn’t work with the preferred systemic racism narrative?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Frank Goudy
1 year ago

I ‘love’ the term ‘of Color.’ What a hoot. What Color can they be. Blue, Green, Purple?

Anyway, congratulations to the PLF for doing this.

Deb
1 year ago

Teachers shouldn’t be hired based on race, rather qualifications.

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