Because the United States in the New Third World

So students in Detroit sued the state of Michigan over the disparity in school quality and the inadequacies of their schools. They sued the state because the state and the (Republican) Governor took over the schools, and their funding is sub-standard.

These are the same rocket-scientists that screwed up the Flint Water supply, poisoning thousands.

But all this is okay because the Republican state officials didn't show overt racism. It's just that the cities of Flint and Detroit are primarily black. But they are also poor and if you screw over all poor people you aren't necessarily being racist.

Also, Americans have no right to literacy. REALLY! That is what the court said.