This is an update to our prior post about the a new teacher loan forgiveness program in the Providence Public School District (PPSD) open only to non-white teachers, Providence (RI) Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program Only Open To Non-Whites Challenged By Legal Insurrection Foundation:
The Providence, Rhode Island, Public School District has a loan forgiveness program for new and recently hired teachers, funded by the Rhode Island Foundation, the largest charity in the state. There’s a catch, however. Whites need not apply, it’s only open to non-whites.Legal Insurrection Foundation has filed a challenge to this overtly racist and discriminatory program, after a 6-month investigation that included obtaining information from public sources and also from records obtained by LIF pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act.
We filed our Complaint with the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education, which provides funding to PPSD. We were recently notified by OCR it was making a formal referral of the Complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for investigation. EEOC already has assigned an investigator to the case.
Despite being aware of the Complaint and the EEOC referral, PPSD is undeterred. It continues to promote the racially discriminatory program as part of its hiring events, including one comiing up on February 15, 2023.
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Racial discrimination against white teachers in the name of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion permeates the PPSD system. We recently called out a segregated teacher event, and PPSD backed down, Providence (RI) School District Backs Away From Segregated Teacher Event After Legal Insurrection Exposé. We also are aware of another discriminatory teacher-related program at PPSD, and will be taking action about that.
These sort of discriminatory programs are why we are rollling out the Equal Protection Project, which should officially launch soon.
Stay tuned.
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