Regressing

And while we are distracted by the acquisition of the 51st state (good repartee by Carney!), a new papal role for Dear Leader, and military birthday parades, Louisiana quietly became the first state to roll back desegregation orders, turning the clock back to the Jim Crow era. Under a new law signed last week and celebrated by state GOP leaders, local school districts will no longer be bound by federal desegregation mandates unless actively ordered by a court, effectively gutting decades of civil rights enforcement. 


Governor Jeff Landry, who once claimed that DEI policies were a “threat to American values,” praised the measure as a win for “local control.” Civil rights advocates are calling it what it is: a blueprint for modern segregation. In a less subtle time, they used fire hoses. Today, it’s bureaucracy wrapped in faux-populist rhetoric and sold as “school freedom.” The Trump administration has so far remained silent, but given the broader Project 2025 agenda, it’s not hard to guess where they stand. After all, when your national vision includes removing diversity from the military, banning books from classrooms, and dismantling voting protections, why not throw Brown v. Board under the bus too?


HT to Mary Geddry