About That “False premise that the United States is built upon ‘systemic and structural racism’” Letter

The following letter was sent this past Friday (Valentine’s Day of all days) to every educational institution that receives any type of funding from the federal government.

It comes from Craig Trainor, the acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Dept. of Education.

In it he states,

“Educational institutions have toxically indoctrinated students with the false premise that the United States is built upon ‘systemic and structural racism’ and advanced discriminatory policies and practices.”

Might be nice if Trainor could explain this:

But it would be nice to hear these two candidates explain:

The "Three-Fifths" compromise - African American Registry
Trail of Tears | PBS LearningMedia
Japanese internment was wrong. Why do some of our leaders still try to  justify it? - Los Angeles Times
The Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws | National Geographic Society
The Supreme Court's big racial gerrymandering decision, explained - Vox
Origins of the Civil Rights Movement - US History Civil Rights Project