Three Ways Philanthropy Can Respond to Attacks on Affirmative Action, According to Black Leaders
From Supreme Court cases to state-level legislation, the past year has brought unprecedented attacks on critical race theory, diversity, equity and inclusion, school curricula and the books available to the general public, as well as affirmative action
Black communities have borne the brunt of conservative “culture wars,” as they’ve been dubbed, which have left community leaders reeling and wondering how to launch not just a defensive strategy, but also a proactive one that asserts the possibilities for justice that lie through the strategies being dismantled.
“We must not be deterred or paralyzed in fear or confusion,” said Susan Taylor Batten, president and CEO of ABFE. “Instead, we must stay focused on the goal of increasing resources to Black communities to build political and economic power; our communities are depending on us.”