We Know How to Win Battles: The NAACP Just Declared War on Trump’s DEI Cuts—and We Stand With Them
The Trump administration really thought civil rights organizations and our Black communities were going to sit down and take it quietly? Nah. We’ve fought bigger battles than this—and we’ve always come out the victor.
On April 15, the NAACP filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education, blasting the Trump administration for gutting school funding over diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. This isn’t just about budget lines or bureaucratic nonsense. This is about intentionally undermining Black students and turning back the clock on decades of hard-fought progress.
Here’s the truth bomb: his administration weaponized a Supreme Court ruling on race-conscious admissions and used it as a smokescreen to silence DEI work across the country. A February memo from the Department of Education demanded schools stop “race-based considerations”—then followed it up with an April certification requirement that left some school districts stripped of funding and scrambling to cancel DEI programming. The result? Students of color left with less opportunity, less support, and less protection in schools.
And who benefits from that? Certainly not our children.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson said it plainly: “The Department’s actions are a thinly veiled attempt to sanction discrimination.” He’s right. This is about more than just funding. It’s about whether this country believes in equal opportunity—or whether it’s okay to bulldoze over Black and brown communities for political clout.
But here’s what they underestimated: us.
They underestimated the power of the NAACP. They underestimated the legacy of Black resistance. They underestimated the fact that we’ve never needed their permission to fight back—and we damn sure don’t need it now.
The lawsuit is just the beginning. And if the Trump administration wants to take this all the way to the Supreme Court, then so be it. We’ll meet them at the steps, with truth on our side and a long line of ancestors behind us.
To every educator, student, and parent impacted by these cuts: hold the line. They want us divided, discouraged, and disempowered. But what they get is a movement that’s organized, enraged, and laser-focused on justice.
This is not the end. This is the beginning of the reckoning.
Call to Action:
If you support this fight, amplify it. Share the lawsuit. Call your school boards. Demand your elected officials speak out. And stay tuned—because on the next episode of the FAFO Newscast podcast, we’re diving deep into this attack on DEI and what comes next.
Follow the movement. Support the truth. And never forget: when they try us, they find out.
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