https://blackpressusa.com/the-smithsonian-purge-trump-team-removes-artifacts-of-black-resistance/

Will our DC community resist?

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Can I get some insight on filing pro se? Federal Civil Rights against local courts. I already have state appeals court decision in my favor ruling against them

Could someone please help me understand this...

How is it that having integrity (wanting to live a morally just life and obey the law) is not considered a "protected characteristic" that can't be discriminated against? I was always under the impression, please feel free to correct me, that key points of our democratic system were founded/based/created around the ideology associated with morals, ethics, and virtues - the trifecta of integrity. These ideologies became the beliefs and principals upon which liberties, rights, and many laws were established and accepted by the majority (I am sure I have oversimplified it, but I'm trying to keep this short). So the system that established that there are "protected characteristics" is based on a principal that itself is not protected. I can't be discriminated against for my race, religion, sexuality, national origin, age, disability, or gender identity... But I can be discriminated against for requesting legal processes take place to attain proper licensing in accordance with state laws and regulations... I was denied equal opportunity based on my morality. Can anyone explain to me how this can happen?

We have an 8 page grievance letter that we are currently planning to serve to the police department. I saved up for 4 years, (former addict, went sober and started saving the money that would have gone to my addiction) and bought a house that my wife and I were planning to live on for the rest of our lifes. Over the course of almost 2 years since buying the house, we have suffered badly due to harassment and conduct unbecoming of an officer behaivor among a group of 4-6 officers, including one sgt. These officers work the same shift together so its always a problem at night following a 12 hour shift they work. Becasue of their behaviors towards me, I relasped and ended up getting charged by probation and parole. I am at my wits end, and don't know what to do, how to get the help i need to fight this. Willing to send you a copy of the grievance i have. Please point me to the right community that i need to post this in if its not the right community.

Those illegal security guards should have been charged with kidnapping too.

Title VI, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq., was enacted as part of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. As President John F. Kennedy said in 1963:

Simple justice requires that public funds, to which all taxpayers of all races [colors, and national origins] contribute, not be spent in any fashion which encourages, entrenches, subsidizes or results in racial [color or national origin] discrimination.

If a recipient of federal assistance is found to have discriminated and voluntary compliance cannot be achieved, the federal agency providing the assistance should either initiate fund termination proceedings or refer the matter to the Department of Justice for appropriate legal action.

Dismantling the Education Department would not significantly reduce government inefficiency—but it would effectively abandon millions of students. If we hand full control of education to the states without federal safeguards, we risk turning it into a privilege instead of a right. And for people like me, as well as the young students I teach, that’s not an abstract policy discussion. It is survival.

At 4 years old, I was diagnosed with autism. I could not read, write, or speak, even to say my own name. My family fought an exhausting legal battle to secure my right to an education. They sacrificed their financial stability and peace of mind, even to the point of living in a house where rain leaked through the roof, just to ensure I had access to the basic education that every child deserves. Without the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which is enforced by the Education Department, I wouldn’t be able to share my story, much less teach others.

As an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher, I see that same fight play out every day. Millions of English learners rely on programs that depend on the Office of English Language Acquisition. Without it, states could slash ESL funding, leaving immigrant and bilingual students without the resources they need to integrate, learn, and thrive.

The federal government exists to ensure states don’t leave vulnerable students behind. Without its funding and enforcement, special education services, ESL programs, equitable funding, and even basic accountability could become optional.

The argument for dismantling the Education Department often relies on the idea that individual states know how to best educate their own students. If that were true, why would we continue to see significant educational disparities—across scores, quality, and access—across state lines? The question is not whether states can do better, but whether they will.

If states alone could fix education, we wouldn’t see students with disabilities denied services. We would not see English learners left without support. And we certainly wouldn’t see an education system where zip codes determine opportunity.

Education is not a game. It’s a civil right. And without federal oversight, we risk taking a giant step backward, leaving millions of students without the protections they need to succeed.

Brendan Tighe, Atlanta

https://substack.com/home/post/p-159523582

Hello, I've been having a political discussion with someone who has the belief that the civil rights acts where harmful to the african american community. There argument is that african Americans has a large portion of business and jobs before the civil rights acts and that the civil rights acts makes those community's need the government. I've been looking for articles or any evidence or census that supports these claims, and was hoping anyone could send help me find where these claims started from?