The George Floyd Scholarship, which is available only to black students, violates civil rights laws, according to a federal complaint.
North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota scholarship In 2020, it claimed that simply increasing the number of Black students through the program would “positively impact the learning environment.”
The scholarship page also said that “diversifying” the learning environment was key to making the university “look and function like heaven.”
The school noted in its criteria section that applicants must be “black or African American, that is, students of origin from one of the black racial groups in Africa.”
William Jacobson, a law professor at Cornell University, writes: complaint The scholarship “represents insidious discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin,” he wrote to the U.S. Department of Education.
The professor’s suit was filed with Chicago’s Civil Rights Division, alleging that the scholarship violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits schools from discriminating on the basis of race.
“Students who identify as white, Hispanic, or Asian are automatically ineligible for scholarships,” he wrote. Title VI “prohibits intentional discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in any ‘program or activity’ receiving federal financial assistance,” the complaint continued.
Mr. Jacobson said: university fix He claimed the school’s demands were “blatantly racist.”
“Regardless of the purpose of racism, it is wrong and illegal,” he continued. “NCU must develop a redress plan to compensate students who were excluded from the George Floyd Scholarship due to discrimination.”
Jacobson cited a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that said race-based discrimination in college admissions is illegal.judgment in Student for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard UniversityThis brought about a major change in the way affirmative action was applied within the country.
“Following the Supreme Court’s decision, it is clear that it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of race in order to achieve diversity.”
“As Chief Justice Roberts wrote in the majority opinion, ‘the elimination of racial discrimination means the elimination of all racial discrimination,'” the professor wrote.
Jacobson also cited Justice Neil Gorsuch in his complaint, saying it doesn’t matter whether a school’s discrimination against members of a protected class was intended to promote equality at the group level. Ta.
“NCU would be wiser to implement educational scholarships that exclude students based on race,” Jacobson concluded. “NCU’s anti-discrimination policy absolutely prohibits racial discrimination. Why doesn’t he follow NCU’s own rules?”
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