(The Lion) — Parents Defending Education (PDE) has blown the whistle on anti-white racism in a Minnesota school district.
PDE filed a complaint Dec. 18 with the federal Office for Civil Rights, claiming Rochester Public Schools (RPS) violated the Civil Rights Act and the 14th Amendment.
PDE alleges RPS received $136,400 in federal grants for teacher mentorship and retention and used it on programs that prioritized “Employees of Color.”
RPS reportedly used taxpayer dollars to “financially support its mentorship-focused Employees of Color Resource Group (EoCRG) affinity program,” which offered professional development “for teachers from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.”
“The district also paid stipends to mentoring teachers, and additional stipends to mentoring teachers of color and indigenous mentoring teachers.”
A breakdown of grant expenditures showed thousands of taxpayer dollars paid for radically leftist conferences.
For example, RPS spent nearly $10,000 on a White Privilege Conference; $9,700 on the NEA (National Education Association) Leadership Summit; $2,700 on a Racial and Social Justice Conference; $2,000 on restorative justice training; and $1,670 on “Institute for Teachers of Color.”
PDE argues the Rochester district was illegally favoring racial minorities.
“Discrimination on the basis of race raises concerns that Rochester Public Schools has received federal funds in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which declares that ‘no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance,’” writes Caroline Moore, vice president of PDE.
“We ask that the Department promptly investigate the allegations in this complaint, act swiftly to remedy unlawful policies and practices, and order appropriate relief.”
Rochester isn’t the first school district to be caught displaying racism toward white students or employees.
State officials in Illinois are being sued for funding a scholarship program for aspiring teachers that excludes white people. A similar complaint was made of the school district in Beloit, Wisconsin.
A white teacher in California recently won $12,000 in a lawsuit against his own teachers’ union after it created a leadership role that excluded white applicants.
And a Green Bay mother is suing her dyslexic son’s school for denying him reading intervention services since it prioritizes “additional resources to First Nations, Black, and Hispanic students.”
