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The Education Savings Scam: How Black Taxpayers Are Funding 'The New Segregation'

ContrabandCamp examined how "school choice" laws divert tax dollars away from Black schools to fund "segregation academies," white churches and far-right publishers.

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Michael Harriot
Apr 16, 2025
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Separate but equal is still the law of the land in Wilcox County, Ala.

Every single one of the public schools in this rural Alabama county is failing — an ignominious feat in a state where most public school students don’t meet proficiency levels in math, reading, or science. But the 1,160 students enrolled in 99% Black Wilcox County Schools a…

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