• Re: U.S. Attorney General orders probe into Stanford, UC Berkeley DEI i

    From c186282@21:1/5 to pothead on Tue Apr 8 22:18:27 2025
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    On 4/8/25 10:07 PM, pothead wrote:
    On 2025-04-08, Leroy N. Soetoro <[email protected]> wrote:
    https://www.paloaltoonline.com/stanford-university/2025/03/28/u-s-
    attorney-general-orders-probe-into-stanford-uc-berkeley-dei-initiatives/

    U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi on Thursday ordered a federal probe
    into admissions policies at Stanford University and University of
    California, Berkeley, particularly their diversity, equity, and inclusion
    initiatives.

    In a statement, the U.S. Department of Justice demanded compliance as it
    has launched a review investigation into both schools, along with UC Los
    Angeles and UC Irvine, noting that “colleges and universities are
    prohibited from using DEI discrimination in selecting students for
    admission.”

    “President Trump and I are dedicated to ending illegal discrimination and >> restoring merit-based opportunity across the country,” Bondi said in a
    statement. “Every student in America deserves to be judged solely based on >> their hard work, intellect, and character, not the color of their skin.”

    The DOJ claimed that elite colleges and universities in the U.S.
    “prioritized racial quotas over equality of opportunity, dividing
    Americans and discriminating against entire groups of applicants, all in
    the name of DEI.”

    The federal agency blamed the administration of former President Joe Biden >> for advancing the “ideology behind this illegal practice”, accusing it of >> having done nothing to protect the civil rights of American students.

    “The Department of Justice will put an end to a shameful system in which
    someone’s race matters more than their ability,” Acting Associate Attorney >> General Chad Mizelle said in a statement. “Every college and university
    should know that illegal discrimination in admissions will be investigated >> and eliminated.”

    The U.S. DOJ said the probe into the universities is only the beginning of >> its aim to erase “illegal DEI and protecting equality under the law.”

    Since Trump returned to power this year, his administration has doubled
    down to end DEI initiatives in federal agencies. He has threatened to cut
    federal funding for schools that do not follow the administration’s order >> to remove their diversity and equity programs.

    In late February, the U.S. Department of Education launched an online
    portal where parents and other community members can report educators and
    schools that use DEI programs.

    “The U.S. Department of Education is committed to ensuring all students
    have access to meaningful learning free of divisive ideologies and
    indoctrination,” a statement from the federal agency’s website read.

    School district leaders and leaders of colleges and universities in
    California have vowed not to back down from the Trump administration’s
    crackdown on DEI programs. Both the country’s largest teachers’ labor
    unions — the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education
    Association, along with the American Sociological Association and the
    American Civil Liberties Union — have each filed a lawsuit against the
    U.S. Department of Education over a letter from the federal agency in
    February that said colleges and universities should stop race-based
    preferences in their operations, including admissions, hiring procedures,
    and granting scholarships, among others.


    Personally I don't care what private universities do with their money. What I am concerned about is why these factories of extreme liberalism are receiving huge amounts of money from the government? IOW my tax dollars.


    Exactly. Let 'em fund WokieCom madness on their OWN dime !

    Oh, and NOT violate civil/legal EQUALITY principles ...
    and DEI is just a TERRIBLE manifestation, saying yer
    unfit UNLESS you fit a narrow racial/ethnic/religious/
    faux-gender profile.

    Something maybe Musk can do - remove ALL race/gender/religion
    and such lines from EVERY govt form. 'Citizen' is CITIZEN.
    All are one and one is all.

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