Dozens of School Districts Nationwide Separating Staff into Racial ‘Affinity Groups’ — Despite Trump Orders

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President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2025.

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School districts nationwide are giving staff the opportunity to participate in affinity groups based on race and other demographic characteristics, in apparent violation of several of President Trump’s recent executive orders intended to strip left-wing dogma around race and sex out of publicly funded institutions.

Over 100 districts in 26 states and Washington, D.C., have offered employees identity-based affinity groups to separate staff and provide “safe spaces” for “underrepresented” people to express themselves, according to Parents Defending Education, an activist group opposed to left-wing indoctrination in schools.

James Lynch

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James Lynch

James Lynch is a news writer for National Review. He previously was a reporter for the Daily Caller. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and based in the Washington, D.C. area.

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