Top Takeaways
- The 1776 Project Foundation filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District, claiming it discriminates against white students.
- The lawsuit is part of a larger trend — both nationally and in Los Angeles.
- Experts say this suit has a better chance of moving forward in the current political climate.
A lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles Unified School District for allegedly discriminating against white students could move forward, given the current political climate. But critics say it is troubling and lacks merit.
The suit by the 1776 Project Foundation takes aim at the district’s Predominantly Hispanic, Black, Asian, or other Non-Anglo, or PHBAO, program and claims that “for students who attend non-PHBAO schools, the District provides inferior treatment and calculated disadvantages.” Roughly 70% of LAUSD schools are part of the PHABO program.
“It’s symbolic, it’s troubling, it’s disturbing. It is part of a larger right-wing agenda to shift the focus from centuries of discrimination, exclusion, and denied opportunity to certain groups and to say, ‘look, white students are being treated badly,’” said Tyrone Howard, the faculty director of UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools…