{"id":2826,"date":"2018-07-03T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/03\/dnc-statement-on-trumps-decision-to-reverse-affirmative-action-policy\/"},"modified":"2018-07-03T16:50:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T16:50:00","slug":"dnc-statement-on-trumps-decision-to-reverse-affirmative-action-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-trumps-decision-to-reverse-affirmative-action-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Trump\u2019s Decision to Reverse Affirmative Action Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-1466361297805320539gmail-docs-internal-guid-61a5df96-6100-f406-c608-a677144f7d23\">DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after the Trump administration announced plans to encourage the nation&rsquo;s school superintendents and college presidents to cease considering race as a factor in their admissions decisions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-1466361297805320539gmail-docs-internal-guid-61a5df96-6100-f406-c608-a677144f7d23\">&ldquo;The Trump administration isn&rsquo;t just willfully blind to the reality of systemic racism &mdash; it&#39;s coldly indifferent to its destructive consequences, and it&#39;s absolutely committed to dismantling any efforts to address our nation&#39;s original sin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-1466361297805320539gmail-docs-internal-guid-61a5df96-6100-f406-c608-a677144f7d23\">&ldquo;Democrats believe that diversity and inclusion are profoundly American values. We believe that a quality education opens the doors of opportunity, and that everyone deserves a meaningful seat at the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-1466361297805320539gmail-docs-internal-guid-61a5df96-6100-f406-c608-a677144f7d23\">&ldquo;The issue of affirmative action has come before the U.S. Supreme Court before, and it will again. If you believe that everyone should have a fair shot at a good education, organize for Democrats, vote for Democrats, and elect Democrats up and down the ballot in November.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after the Trump administration announced plans to encourage the nation&rsquo;s school superintendents and college presidents to cease considering race as a factor in their admissions decisions: &nbsp; &ldquo;The Trump administration isn&rsquo;t just willfully blind to the reality of systemic racism &mdash; it&#39;s coldly indifferent to its destructive <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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