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School’s website claims program open to all students
The U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into the City University of New York this week over alleged racial discrimination.
The department “received reports alleging that CUNY’s Black Male Initiative (BMI) provides educational benefits to minorities, particularly black males, on the basis of race,” according to a Tuesday news release.
The BMI is responsible for admissions, student recruitment, financial assistance, and academic support.
“The program, as the name suggests, appears to favor select non-white minorities — primarily black males — over applicants of other races,” the release states.
It also notes that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars schools that receive federal funding from discriminating based on race, color, or national origin.
“Race can never play a role when deciding how to distribute educational resources or opportunities,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said. “This Justice Department will not tolerate universities directing educational benefits to certain students over others based on their race.”
However, CUNY’s website states that all eligible students can take advantage of the BMI regardless of their race or gender.
“While the CUNY BMI funded programs focus on the African, African American/Black, Caribbean and Latino/Hispanic males experience, it is expected that the entire University will benefit from what is learned from efforts with these targeted populations,” it states.
CUNY isn’t alone in facing Justice Department scrutiny.
Trump officials recently concluded a year-long investigation into Yale School of Medicine and found that it “intentionally selected applicants based on their race,” The College Fix reported.
“Yale’s documents reveal that they studied how to use racial proxies to circumvent the Supreme Court’s prohibition on using race to select students,” the department stated in a news release.
It also found that black and Hispanic applicants to Yale have significantly higher admission rates than white and Asian applicants with identical test scores.
The Justice Department also just launched an investigation into diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at Arizona State University following the release of several videos indicating DEI remains at the school despite a federal ban.
The viral videos indicate that “ASU denied equal treatment to students based on race, color, or national origin,” the department announced in a news release.
