The public school system in Minneapolis has been sued by the federal government for embedding anti-white racism in its teachers’ contracts.
The legal action, by the U.S. Department of Justice against Minneapolis Public Schools, focuses on a teachers contract, “giving preferential treatment to non-white teachers and shelling out other benefits based on race,” according to the Federalist.
“Employers may not provide more favorable terms and conditions of employment based on an employee’s race and sex,” explained Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon.
She announced the problem for the Minneapolis schools this week.
“The Department of Justice will vigorously pursue employers who deny their employees equal opportunities and benefits by classifying and limiting them based on their race, color, national origin, or sex.”
The racism stems from the settlement of a teachers strike, by the Minnesota Federation of Teachers, in 2022.
The school district agreed to include a provision in the contract letting teachers “who are not white” bypass the normal, seniority-based, system of layoffs and involuntary assignments.
That means it now favors “underrepresented” teachers over white teachers who have seniority.
Other race-based programs implemented by the district include benefits for being members of groups like “Black Men Teach Fellows,” an opportunity refused to white or female teachers.
Further, it set quotas.
“According to the complaint, MPS explicitly stated its intention for the teaching staff to be ‘at least 40%’ ‘BIPOC’ — that is, black, indigenous, and people of color — by 2026. They also set a goal that at least 54.3 percent of new hires identify as non-white by 2026-2027,” the report said.
The lawsuit charges, “This preferential treatment is plainly discriminatory and unlawful. While Defendants claim that these provisions are to stop discrimination, they require Defendants to blatantly discriminate against teachers based on their race, color, sex, and national origin.”
The case charges the schools are violating civil rights protections under Title VII.
The additional oversight has developed at the same time the state, which was the flashpoint for the George Floyd race riots that engulfed the nation a few years ago, is under investigation by Congress, and more, for “fraud schemes” being carried out by its Somali population that already likely exceeds $1 billion in costs to taxpayers.
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