OPINION: Another day, another school violating federal laws by excluding white folks
If a program has the name” BIPOC” in its brand or employs other racially discriminatory language, the University of Virginia should seek legal counsel.
The Equal Protection Project has accused the Charlottesville school of breaking federal anti-discrimination rules with its” BIPOC Alumni-Student Mentoring Program,” and the school is now finding out.
” BIPOC” refers to “black, indigenous, and people of color”. Despite national law’s mandate that higher education providers who received federal funding cannot practice race-based discrimination, UVA continues to pursue its restrictive program.
University Counsel Cliff Iler was contacted by The College Fix in a voice asking for feedback on the program’s propriety. Additionally, The Fix emailed Iler, Brandy Conley, the university’s assistant counsel, and Barry Meek, the hotel’s boss. None of them responded to the comments made on Tuesday night.
According to the website, the School of Education and Human Development software “provides up to 25 BIPOC undergraduates …each fall with specific guidance and support from alumni teachers as they understand the beginning stages of their program and/or career.”
Put another way, the programme “provides up to 25]non-white students ]” with special possibilities, in possible violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Equal Protection Project wrote in its objection to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights that” the fact that the application form asks if individuals are seeking to join the program to get “advice about navigating UVA EHD as a person of color makes evident that a person’s registration to participate in the program depends on his or her race and ethnicity.”
The Fix received a version of the problem and made additional observations in a press statement.
It is obvious that discrimination based on race to obtain diversity is not legal, according to William Jacobson, who spoke to The Fix. He filed the complaint and is the project’s creator. He is also a law professor at Cornell University.
The campus’s material is being harmed by Jacobson’s statement,” Sending a information to individuals that access to opportunities depends on race and ethnicity.”
However, dividing students on the basis of culture is cruel and leads to additional issues on campus.
The fact that universities continue to permit anti-white programs is really remarkable in the current season.
Keep the national issues coming.
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