CA school district spends $900K+ on DEI programs

(The Center Square) – California’s Merced City School District has spent $913,423 on consultants for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, according to documents provided by Defending Education. The contracts, provided by the nonprofit Defending Education, includes an “African American Affinity Group” for 100 African American students and a summer “Rap Camp.” The cost to facilitate those programs is estimated at $270,000. In one of its signature programs, titled “Moor than a Month,” song lyrics modeled after those of hip-hop group Migos reference what the program describes as “white male skew” in history education. “This tracks for you every teacher and parent you need this truth our history books have a white male skew but believe me I ain’t blaming you,” the song lyrics say. The district serves about 11,400 students and has a student-teacher ratio of 25-to-1. According to data from the website Niche, about 20% of