Lawyer says Minnesota school district 'put discrimination into law' with plan to lay off White teachers first
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Upper Midwest Law Center's James Dickey said the policy of prioritizing White teachers for layoffs regardless of seniority is a violation of the 14th Amendment.
JAMES DICKEY: What the school district has done by agreeing to this collective bargaining agreement with the teachers union is they have put discrimination into the law. And what it does is it requires that instead of laying off teachers in the future, if there are layoffs based on seniority or merit, they're going to use the color of their skin instead. And that's a violation of the 14th Amendment. … In 1986, the Supreme Court decided the case called Wygant versus Jackson Board of Education, and they clearly struck down a layoff scheme that was based on the color of skin just like this one. There is no question that this is unconstitutional.
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