Plan “aimed at bringing in racial and ethnic minority planes”
California Baptist University is accused of discrimination based on race in a provincial civil rights issue.
In collaboration with Alaska Airlines, it’s part of the” True North Program,” which aims to increase the number of cultural majority aircraft.
A rep for the flight said in an announcement that” True North was the first of its type captain development program in the flight sector aimed at hiring racial and ethnic minority planes and creating the quickest way to travel for Alaska Airlines.
” Partnering with CBU, who has a solid reputation in the industry for its aircraft technology plan,” Captain Ronald Limes stated, “is just one way Alaska is working to increase the agency’s cultural diversity at all rates.”
However, Professor Mark Perry claims that this program is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The retired professor, now a full- time civil rights activist, recently filed a complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.
Not only does the University’s program” supports minority aviation students at CBU,” but it also unlawfully excludes and discriminates against non-minority students based on their race, color, or national origin,” Perry wrote in the complaint shared with The College Fix.
The OCR has yet to open an investigation as of Wednesday, Perry told The Fix.
He cited language from the program as proof that the government office was treating him unfairly.
The partnership between CBU and Alaska Airlines is a true expression of shared values, with both organizations working to help break down the barriers that racial and ethnic minority groups may face in terms of economic and professional development, according to Provost Charles Sands.
According to Perry, the University’s minority-only” joint venture in illegal discrimination” with Alaska Airlines ( and its True North Program ) illegally excludes non-minority students and discriminates against them based on their race, color, or national origin in violation of Title VI. Please look into the University for allegations of unlawful discrimination based on race and ethnicity in violation of Title VI.
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Perry has faith that the OCR will launch an investigation and require the Baptist university to change its program. Perry told The Fix via email that” I fully anticipate that OCR will rule in my favor and force CBU and Alaska Airlines to put an end to their unlawful discrimination.”
In order to make the program legal, he said, CBU can either end its joint venture or open it up to all races.
According to Perry, there are many reasons why schools create programs that unlawfully discriminate against students based on their race.
According to Perry,” there is a huge financial benefit to CBU and its students who can receive up to$ 50, 000 in flight training tuition support and a direct path to becoming a first officer for Alaska Airlines upon graduation.”
Perry claimed that universities may establish such programs for a variety of reasons, besides money.
He claimed that schools “frequently accept external funding that requires them to engage in illegal discrimination without doing their due diligence and conducting a proper legal review to ensure that a scholarship or program is n’t an unlawful violation of federal civil rights laws.”
Because that kind of illegal discrimination is so prevalent and systemic throughout higher education, he claimed administrators “are n’t even aware that discriminatory programs like True North are unlawful.”
In the past month, California Baptist and Alaska Airlines received two emails and a phone call asking if their attorneys had examined the legality of the programs and if they would comment on the complaint.
Editor’s note:  , Mark Perry is a paid consultant to The College Fix on an unrelated project.
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