I happened to mention this story to a young Rhode Island teacher the other day, and she knew nothing about it:

We first learned of [the Rhode Island Foundation]’s practices when Legal Insurrection Foundation (LIF) challenged a program funded by RIF at the Providence Public School District (PPSD) called the Educator of Color Loan Forgiveness Program. Under that program, started in 2021 under the predecessor to Cicilline, newly or recently hired teachers at PPSD could have up to $25,000 of their student loans paid off by RIF, but ONLY IF THE TEACHERS WERE NON-WHITE.

The “we” in that blockquote is William Jacobson’s Legal Insurrection Foundation, which is suing the RI Foundation for its discriminatory giving.

On one hand, it’s entirely reasonable that a recent college graduate who is white wouldn’t know that she could get a $25,000 gift from the David Cicilline’s organization if her skin color were different.  On the other hand, with all the concern about racism and discrimination we hear from Rhode Island politicians and journalists, it should be surprising that they aren’t making more (or anything) of this.

I say, “should be surprising,” but of course it’s not.  The concern about discrimination is a front for their divisive far-left ideology.