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Until now, there has never been a digital community or application developed that prioritizes career coaching and advancement geared towards women of color.
These so-called “affinity classes” are offered to Black kids in select learning subjects.
Two programs offered in an Evanston, Ill. school district allow for students of color to opt in to “affinity classes” for English and math subjects. In other words, classes can be “Coloreds Only.” As expected, civil rights experts have voiced concerns about what seems like a blatant Brown v. Board of Education violation.
Civil rights lawyers have come out against an Illinois high school's program to racially segregate the school's math and English classes in an attempt to boost scores.
Civil rights attorneys have called out a Chicago-area school district’s program to racially segregate English and math classes to boost minority students’ scores, saying it is “unconstitutional.”