DOJ sues Rhode Island schools for race-based student loan forgiveness that excludes White teachers

The Department of Justice is suing the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and the Providence Public School District (PPSD) over a program that only offers student loan forgiveness to non-White educators.

"While assisting new teachers in paying off their student loans may be a worthy cause, such a benefit of employment simply cannot be granted or withheld on the basis of the teachers’ race," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division said in a Tuesday press release.

"We will not tolerate such plainly prohibited discrimination in employment," Dhillon added...