Thomas: 'They will say that anything that benefits our institutions is a DEI intervention'
In this latest Civil Rights Summit convened by MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton, Education leaders including former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten, and President of Morehouse College David Thomas discuss the attacks on education and how the current political climate is impacting the issues of race.
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