EDUCATION
Why Public Schools Could Lose Funding If They Teach Truth About Slavery
There’s an ongoing movement to silence discussions on slavery.
Despite the wide-sweeping impact of chattel slavery, former president Donald Trump plans to punish school districts that allow class discussions about the topic. On Fox and Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade recently asked what consequences would follow a school district in a “liberal city,” teaching students that “America [was] built off the backs of slaves on stolen land.” Trump responded, “Then, we don’t send them money,” confirming his plan to withhold financial assistance for those districts that include the topic in their curriculum. While his response satisfied the conservative panel, it raised red flags for many who replayed the video on social media.
Project 2025, the conservative presidential transition plan published by The Heritage Foundation, announced their intention to dismantle the Department of Education. Another one of their goals is to restrict the curriculum. For instance, the authors wrote, “States, cities and counties, school boards, union bosses, principals, and teachers who disagree should be immediately cut off from federal funds.” They argued that “the noxious tenets of ‘critical race theory’ and ‘gender ideology’ should be excised…
