No, Trump Isn’t Racially ‘Resegregating’ Schools

Back in January 2021, Axios reporter Russell Contreras surveyed the “experts” and determined that a trend toward racial “resegregation” in American public schools was gaining steam. The trend began under “Republican administrations from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan.” And yet, somehow these racially suspect reactionaries managed only to resegregate schools in America’s most politically homogenous left-wing enclaves.

“Among the nation’s 20 largest school districts,” Contreras confessed, “black students today have the least contact with white students in Chicago, Dallas, Miami, and Prince George’s County, Maryland.” Only this year, amid Florida’s rapid political transformation, could you consider Miami a GOP-dominated locality, and only just barely. The rest are Democratic bastions.

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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Back in January 2021, Axios reporter Russell Contreras surveyed the “experts” and determined that a trend toward racial “resegregation” in American public schools was gaining steam. The trend began under “Republican administrations from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan.” And yet, somehow these racially suspect reactionaries managed only to resegregate schools in America’s most politically homogenous left-wing enclaves.

“Among the nation’s 20 largest school districts,” Contreras confessed, “black students today have the least contact with white students in Chicago, Dallas, Miami, and Prince George’s County, Maryland.” Only this year, amid Florida’s rapid political transformation, could you consider Miami a GOP-dominated locality, and only just barely. The rest are Democratic bastions.

About the Author

Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.