Commentary
In Summer 2021, my son was disqualified from applying for a free computer programming course because of his race. With my curiosity sparked by his frustration, I have experienced an ongoing series of bureaucratic burlesques while arguing against such obvious racial discrimination.
“SummerUP” is a summer program funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education (and hence by taxpayers of all races) offering free courses to high school students on topics ranging from computer programming to photography to yoga.
My son was interested in learning Java programming through SummerUP. But when we got to the online application process, it requested he confirm his identity as black. It turns out the entire program is only available to black students….