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| Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions |
| 2017-08-02 |
| h/t Instapundit WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants, according to a document obtained by The New York Times. The document, an internal announcement to the civil rights division, seeks current lawyers interested in working for a new project on "investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions." The announcement suggests that the project will be run out of the division’s front office, where the Trump administration’s political appointees work, rather than its Educational Opportunities Section, which is run by career civil servants and normally handles work involving schools and universities. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #11 This is NYT fake news. NY Times story on affirmative action 'inaccurate,' DOJ says Late Wednesday, DOJ spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores issued a statement calling the press reports “inaccurate.” “This Department of Justice has not received or issued any directive, memorandum, initiative, or policy related to university admissions in general,” she added. “The Department of Justice is committed to protecting all Americans from all forms of illegal race-based discriminations.” Instead, Flores said the department was looking for lawyers to investigate a 2015 complaint filed with the Department of Education over Harvard University's race-based quota system. The complaint alleges the Ivy-League school requires Asian students to have SAT scores 140 points higher than white students, 270 points higher than Hispanics and 450 points higher than black students.Late Tuesday, The New York Times reported that it obtained an internal DOJ job announcement that sought lawyers interested in a project on “investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions.” While the notice doesn’t come right out and say which races and ethnicities are considered by the Trump administration as “at risk” for discrimination, the reported implication was that Jeff Sessions’ DOJ could go after affirmative action policies. Late Tuesday, The New York Times reported that it obtained an internal DOJ job announcement that sought lawyers interested in a project on “investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions.” While the notice doesn’t come right out and say which races and ethnicities are considered by the Trump administration as “at risk” for discrimination, the reported implication was that Jeff Sessions’ DOJ could go after affirmative action policies. More at link |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-08-02 21:48 |
| #10 Uh, please warn before linking to the failing New York Times. Just float your curser over the headline instead of clicking on it, Herb McCoy7309, and the URL will show up. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-08-02 21:09 |
| #9 Admitting more dumb whites to the white hate classes? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-08-02 10:11 |
| #8 Uh, please warn before linking to the failing New York Times. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy7309 2017-08-02 09:57 |
| #7 Considering what passes for education in a lot of colleges today, affirmative action may actually be unfairly favoring whites - by keeping them out. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-08-02 09:50 |
| #6 ...not that the Constitution in any way says that's legit, in fact the text of the 14th read by laymen without a legal BS says otherwise. Equal before the law means equal before the law. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-08-02 09:41 |
| #5 Yeah they are. Unfortunately, the SC said they were, but were needed. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-08-02 09:00 |
| #4 "...the civil rights division, seeks current lawyers interested in working for a new project on "investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions." Aren't all these programs intentional and race-based? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-02 08:54 |
| #3 should be called anti-white apartheid |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-08-02 08:39 |
| #2 The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants It's clear they do when dealing with well qualified Asians. Use that tactic to isolate and identify the real culprit of institutionalized racism. Alinsky them, make them live up to their own principles or die on them. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-08-02 08:34 |
| #1 NYT's anticipated reaction, from their readers - |
| Posted by: Bobby 2017-08-02 08:23 |