The federal civil rights complaint against the University of South Carolina alleges discrimination based on race on the university’s official scholarships.
The Equality Protection Project (EPP) filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office Thursday morning, claiming that the scholarships were reserved for minorities or were given priority based on race.
“It is shocking that racist scholarships exist in major public universities that are deeply “red” and reflect the deep embedding of derivatives such as diversity, equity and inclusion into campus culture,” says William A., founder of the EPP. “It’s time for higher education to focus on the unique values and dignity of all students, rather than categorizing students based on identity groups.”
The five scholarships offered by the university read the EPP lawsuit that “instruct the regulations of its implementation by discriminating against students based on their Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VI”) and the origin of the country.” “Because USC is a public university, these discriminatory scholarships also violate the Equality Protection Clause of Article 14 of the US Constitution.”
These scholarship requirements include being “underrepresented minorities,” “minority newcomers,” and “American or international minorities.”
“Creating educational opportunities based on race, color or country of origin, violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, just like South Carolina law,” Jacobson said. “This kind of racially-based scholarship also violates USC’s own non-discrimination policy. We ask USC to adhere to the law and its own rules, removing the discriminatory eligibility barriers it has built.”
OCR Complaints – University of South Carolina
A university spokesman did not respond to requests for comment.
The filing of the suit matches the heated one Discussion South Carolina State University has proposed the validity of DEIs in higher education and the prohibition of practices. However, South Carolina’s largest public universities continue to have discriminatory and illegal policies, the EPP argues.
Motivations should not justify unconstitutional discrimination, the lawsuit argues.
“Racist and ethnic discrimination is wrong, and it is illegal to have any interest in which race or ethnicity is targeted. All applicants are entitled to equal treatment regardless of race, color or country of origin,” Jacobson said. “The Equality Protection Project asks USC senior managers to ensure that non-discrimination standards are supported across the agency.”
“USC should know better than running scholarships that exclude students based on race, color or country of origin,” he continued. “Where were the managers and staff whose work was dedicated to preventing discrimination? Why were there no interventions that legally required equal access to education?”
The lawsuit also coincides with broader debates about racial-based discrimination on university campuses.
Katherine Hamilton of Breitbart News said in February that the Department of Education began a survey of 45 universities on racial-based preferences and policies.
The guidance issued by the department along with these studies, “I’ll once again clarify what has always been the law. “It doesn’t matter what the school calls it — “anti-racism” or “diversity, equity, inclusion,” and so on, is that measures of discrimination based on race, color, or national origin are not permitted. ”
Jacobson added:
OCR’s Civil Rights Guidance also reveals that the Supreme Court’s equal protection and civil rights ruling for students in fair admission cases extends beyond the narrow context of university admissions and positive action. The lesson from SFFA is that diversity is not a national interest that is compelling enough to justify racism. Its central SFFA is a judgment of equal protection clauses and civil rights law, with legal holdings being extended wherever those legal protections reach, including scholarships and other educational opportunities.
The EPP is a nonprofit that seeks to ensure equal protection under the law and governmental nondiscrimination, and has emerged as a leader in the fight for fairness and protection of key constitutional rights not only on university campuses but also on K-12 schools across the country.
“The EPP has submitted almost 100 cases of over 300 discriminatory scholarships and programs challenged,” he said. “In any case, why does that continue to happen, as we don’t recognize schools that claim to be free to distinguish based on race, color, or country of origin? Unfortunately, many campuses have the ability to excuse certain types of racism and need to be stopped.”
Bradley Jaye is the Associate Politics Editor for Breitbart News. Follow him X/Twitter and Instagram @Bradleyajaye
