Minneapolis Public Schools made national headlines with a new race-based layoff policy that prioritized retaining teachers of color over teacher seniority. The district claims the policy was designed to keep teachers of color who are underrepresented in schools in a district that wasn’t mirroring the racial make-up of the populations it serves. Is an employment policy that considers race constitutional? Should school districts work to increase teacher diversity to better reflect the communities they serve? Why would the school district pick a fight while there’s a teacher shortage and no actual layoffs? Host Roshini Rajkumar dives into fact vs fiction with Crisis Squad member and business attorney Steven Silton. Find out how legal implications and ethical issues around this layoff debacle could inform your own policies in any workplace setting.

Host: Roshini Rajkumar
Guest: Steven Silton