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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Do You Believe The Trump Administration Is Overstepping Its Bounds By Trying To Remove Tax Exemptions For Private Schools?

Roberto:
“Well, there’s been a lot of stuff he’s been doing that’s been concentrating so much on trying to eliminate Black folks’ higher learning, the way they’re living, and just anything like that to take us back. He was supposed to make things harder on us, and so, of course, who’s going to be the big threat? Somebody that’s going to college. Somebody that’s getting that education and learning. It is already rough on the HBCUs because he’s not giving as much money as he should have been giving in the first place to help subsidize that, right? And so, tax exemptions are just another tool that he’s using to try to bring us down as best as he can.”
Josh:
“That’s imperial racism. That’s all it really comes down to. At the end of the day, I mean, that’s what he does. You know, that’s what racist people do. I’m not going to say all of them are like that, but him, he has a bad history. Terrible. Donald Trump, the best thing I can say about him is tyranny. That’s the best word I can say for him. He is a tyrant.”
Nene:
“I think that it is simple. I think that they just don’t care. They want us to be better in society, but you’re taking away things that can help us be better. We can be successful men and women with the right education.”
Salem:
“America has a lot of money, but we don’t. Trump is just creating division by doing that.”
Ricki:
“I think it is just another way to try to push us further back and to try to keep us from getting ahead. Although they haven’t succeeded thus far, I know that a lot of Black people in general, but successful Black women, are doing great and graduating and starting businesses and stuff. So, I think this is just another tool to try to prevent that. I think it’s going to make it harder, but I don’t think it’s going to stop either. It isn’t going to stop anything.”
Thomas:
“He is trying to wipe out Black history.”

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