By Liam Knox Late Friday night, long after most people had settled in for a long Presidents’ Day weekend, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights declared in a four-page letter that any race-based policies or programming in K-12 schools and colleges were unlawful. The letter targeted “every facet of academia,” from scholarships and academic prizes to campus cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies. If institutions fail to comply in 14 days, they risk losing federal funding. By the following morning, the letter had spread fear and indignation throughout the American education system. If the OCR’s threats are carried out—which would
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