Niani Manigo-Tanksley, a 12th grader at Skyline High School, and her younger brother learn at home during the coronavirus pandmic. OAKLAND, Calif. - Black and Latinx students from low-income families are being deprived of their fundamental right to a free and equal education guaranteed by the California Constitution as a result of distance learning, according to seven families who filed an unprecedented lawsuit over what they describe as the unfair nature of distance learning. "These conditions would be unacceptable in wealthier, whiter communities and do not meet the minimum standards set by the California legislature for the 2020-2021 school year," the suit states, "which the state has done nothing to enforce."The suit was filed Monday in.