The Harvard fight, and their education fight against diversity, equity & inclusion, is payback for not permitting our tax dollars to be used for schools that exist in order to keep white kids from having to be educated alongside Black kids.

I saw this coming three years ago with the fall of Roe.

The Christian Right's anti-abortion movement had its start in its support for segregation academies. No care for "life" - segregation.

The IRS court fight led to Bob Jones University, a notorious segregation academy, losing tax-exempt status for 17 years.

They got around public school integration by creating "segregation academies," private schools legally restricting admission to white students only.

In 1970, the IRS created a rule stripping tax-exempt status from private schools practicing racial discrimination (i.e. segregation academies).

Second, but very important:

- This action and many actions the Trump regime are taking against education are about racist right-wing retribution.

After 1954 Brown v. Board of Ed, it took another ~20 years for schools to desegregate. The whole time, southern white conservatives fought integration.

I never thought about this, but it's true and depressing af

It's better than eating them, no?

Bottom line: The challenge isn’t fear, but effectiveness. I want the next episode to focus less on hand-wringing (bc that is what apartheid trust fund 👶🏻 & his 🍊 lackey want) & more on what we can do now that my failed state prediction is rapidly coming true.

Watch this space.

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