NAACP Lawsuit Challenges Education Department Over DEI Ban

The department had said it would ‘no longer tolerate the overt and covert racial discrimination’ in schools and colleges.

Children look at their school grounds as they wait for class in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Dec. 7, 2020. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has sued the Department of Education (ED) following the agency’s crackdown against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at educational institutions.

On Feb. 14, the ED’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a letter to educational institutions receiving federal funds, notifying them to cease any use of race preferences or stereotypes when determining scholarships, admissions, prizes, hiring, promotions, sanctions, and other programs or activities.