Federal Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against Illinois School over Racial Segregation

A civil rights complaint was filed with the U.S. Department of Education against an Illinois high school after it advertised an allegedly racially-segregated “students of color field trip opportunity.”

Parents Defending Education (PDE) filed the complaint Friday against Downers Grove South High School in Downers Grove, Illinois, claiming the school “discriminat[ed] on the basis of race, color or national origin in programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance.”

At issue is a flier advertising a filed trip in which ostensibly only “students of color” can participate. The field trip was for those students interested in becoming a teacher, which involved a “luncheon [to] discuss the importance of considering education as a career as a person of color.”… (Excerpts from Breitbart.com)