Charters find yet another way to screw Black communities

Distressing, if unsurprising.

The charter school industry has done much during the COVID-19 pandemic to add to systemic inequities that afflict Black communities by hijacking small business relief aid originally intended for minority-owned businesses and redirecting these funds to schools that further isolate Black families...

It’s far from clear whether charter schools actually needed the funding...

The harm charter schools may have inflicted by sopping up relief funds that could have gone to Black-owned small businesses is in addition to the industry’s already troubling track record of isolating Black communities. - Jeff Bryant/Pressenza