A parent advocacy group has blown the whistle on racial segregation in Washington D.C.’s public schools.
Parents Defending Education (PDE) filed a federal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Thursday, alleging District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is violating the Civil Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment with a racially segregated after-school club.
Documents obtained by PDE showed DCPS is hosting an “Empowerment Club” exclusively for black female students.
According to the flyer, the club is open to “Black girls who identifies as Black, African, African-American, biracial, or part of the African diaspora and nonbinary students.”
