It’s Not All Trump Supporters

The editors of the Wall Street Journal report on an interesting development in Wellesley, Massachusetts:

Last year the nonprofit Parents Defending Education sued in federal court on behalf of three Massachusetts families over Wellesley policies and practices that they said violated the First Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment and civil-rights law. The settlement looks like a solid win for the parents.

Wellesley’s “affinity groups” had held events aimed at specific races. School officials claimed no students or staff were excluded, but the families argued that isn’t what their children were told. The complaint quoted an email where a middle-school teacher said a specific “healing space” was “for our Asian/Asian-American and Students of Color, *not* for students who identify only as White.”

Under the settlement, Wellesley agreed not to “exclude students from affinity-based group sessions or any other school-sponsored activities on the basis of race.” The district won’t identify events “as intended only for certain racial groups.” It “will provide notice” of affinity-based group sessions “to all grade-eligible students, regardless of their race.” Announcements will feature a disclaimer saying that “this event is open to all students regardless of race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation.”

The parents also challenged Wellesley’s policies regarding so-called bias incidents, which they argued were “overbroad” and could apply to “virtually any opinion or political belief.” The settlement says Wellesley has “rescinded and will not reinstate” its original bias-reporting procedures.

It’s not as though the parents of Wellesley are MAGA hat-wearing Trump supporters—Wellesley went 77.8% to Biden in the 2020 election. My point is that the political divide isn’t just Democrats vs. Republicans. It’s also radically progressive Democrats against the rest of the party.