On this week’s episode of The Division of Training Is Excessive-Key Racist, Training Secretary Linda McMahon canceled $350 million in federal funding for HBCUs and schools targeted on minority college students. Why? As a result of, in line with her, they’re inherently racist.
In keeping with the New York Occasions, McMahon launched an announcement explaining the choice. “Stereotyping a person primarily based on immutable traits diminishes the complete image of that particular person’s life and contributions, together with their character, resiliency, and advantage,” the assertion learn. McMahon added that the Training Division would “re-envision” the grant packages to proceed supporting “underprepared or under-resourced college students.” Which, to me, sounds just like the grants are going to be refocused on serving to poor, white college students get the leg up that the Trump administration clearly believes they want.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the highest Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, launched an announcement crucial of the transfer. “These are longstanding packages that Congress has approved and supplied funding for on an annual foundation that the Trump administration — empowered by the yearlong slush fund spending invoice handed in March — is unilaterally deciding to get rid of funding for on the finish of the yr,” the assertion learn. Murray added that the Trump administration was “placing politics forward of scholars merely seeking to get forward, and is sowing chaos in our nation’s faculties.”
“That is one other necessary reminder of why Congress must go funding payments, just like the one the Senate marked up this summer season, that guarantee Congress — not Donald Trump or Linda McMahon — decides how restricted taxpayer {dollars} are spent.”
From the New York Occasions:
The $350 million was the whole of seven grant packages geared toward supporting minority enrollment in science and engineering packages, strengthening predominantly Black establishments, Asian American- and Native American-serving schools, and creating Hispanic-serving establishments, in line with an Training Division information launch.
A whole lot of two- and four-year establishments qualify as “minority-serving establishments.” These embody traditionally Black schools and universities and Hispanic-serving establishments, which help schools the place a minimum of 25 % of the undergraduates are Hispanic. Tribal schools and universities, in addition to Alaska native and native Hawaiian-serving establishments, might additionally face cuts.
Ms. McMahon’s determination follows an announcement in July from D. John Sauer, the U.S. solicitor basic, that the Justice Division wouldn’t defend a lawsuit from the state of Tennessee and College students for Truthful Admissions that challenged the constitutionality of presidency packages that help Hispanic-serving establishments. College students for Truthful Admissions is an Arlington, Va.-based group that efficiently pushed for the Supreme Court docket to finish affirmative motion.
“White persons are the actual victims of racism” has typically been the theme of the Trump administration’s coverage strikes, as that is solely the newest assault on Black and Brown college students by the Training Division. In March, the Training Division despatched a “Expensive Colleague” letter to a number of universities informing them that they may lose federal funding for partaking in “unlawful DEI.” In a congressional listening to about what constitutes “unlawful DEI,” Linda McMahon revealed she had no concept what the Tulsa Race Bloodbath was. Contemplating her time spent as CEO of WWE, I’m positive she assumed it was one in all Hulk Hogan’s ending strikes within the ’90s.
The Training Division teamed up with the Justice Division in Could to type a Civil Rights Fraud Initiative. The initiative isn’t to guard college students from civil rights violations, however to analyze faculties suspected of implementing DEI initiatives. The Trump administration has frequently weaponized federal funding to stress faculties into falling in step with their imaginative and prescient of upper schooling, and sadly, it’s working. A number of schools ended the long-held custom of affinity graduations earlier this yr, DEI departments have been shuttered, and a number of college presidents have resigned from their roles as a result of Trump administration’s anti-DEI agenda.
Whereas a federal decide not too long ago struck down the Training Division’s anti-DEI steering, that clearly hasn’t stopped them from attempting to make life more durable for Black and brown college students.
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