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He has ordered a review of federal contracts to identify any companies, nonprofits and foundations that do business with the government and keep their diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and he has warned that they could be the target of investigations. Let’s call this what it really is: resegregation.
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why “inclusion” is still needed: Since the Supreme Court ended affirmative action in 2023, first-year Black enrollment at top universities has dropped by 17 percent. That’s the sharpest drop of any major racial group.
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Black people represent 13.7 percent of the population but Black-owned businesses generally get less than 2 percent of venture capital funding.
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funding to Black companies dropped from 705 million in 2023 — an astonishing 86 percent drop. Sounds like a segregated market to me.
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the fight starts with language. Journalists have a role and an obligation to be precise in naming what we are facing.
✏️ Words matter. This is an underrated and critical mission of anyone that serves the public knowledge space. 🔗 View Highlight
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Any official, including the president, who chooses to blame everything from plane crashes to wildfires on non-White, non-male people should be asked whether they believe that desegregation is to blame. Whether they believe resegregation is the answer. We need to bring back the language that describes what is actually happening.
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“The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction,” Toni Morrison said. “It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do.”
✏️ quote by Toni Morrison that I’m sure I’ve highlighted before. Always relevant. 🔗 View Highlight