Racially Segregated Events at Public Colleges

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PUBLIC COLLEGES DEFY THE LAW WITH SEGREGATED EVENTS TO FURTHER
DIVERSITY

The Department of Justice (DOJ) should investigate “an alarming
trend of racial segregation” at America’s taxpayer-funded
universities, according to a pair of United States Senators who cite a
number of troubling examples in a letter
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Attorney General William Barr. Our _Corruption Chronicles_ blog
explains
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The segregation incidents appear to be part of a growing and
increasingly powerful movement aimed at promoting diversity by somehow
undoing what leftists assert is systemic racism at academic
institutions in the U.S. This has led officials at campuses nationwide
to organize numerous events, create race-based dorms and other
divisive activities that, ironically, infringe upon the decades-old
federal law enacted to prohibit it.

In fact, in the letter to Barr the senators—Tom Cotton of Arkansas
and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia—note that the colleges appear to be
violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the landmark
legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex or national origin. The law also strengthened school
desegregation and voting rights. The section that the lawmakers refer
to in their letter to the attorney general specifically prohibits
discrimination based on race in federally funded activities or
programs like the ones listed. The senators urge the DOJ to
investigate the discriminatory events and other accommodations
provided in their letter as well as other similar cases as part of
“our nation’s commitment to equality before the law.” After
noting examples as well as a National Association of Scholars report
documenting incidents, the legislators write this: “Sadly, there is
evidence that segregation is a growing trend, especially on college
campuses.”

Cotton and Loeffler point out two recent examples in the letter to
Barr. The first involves online discussion groups hosted by the
University of Michigan that were segregated based on race, with
moderators also segregated by race. Situated in Ann Arbor, the school
is ranked third
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among all public universities and has an enrollment of around 31,500.
The events, sponsored by the campus Center for Social Justice and
Inclusion, were advertised as “virtual cafes” that offered
opportunities for students to gather and discuss their experience on
campus and in the world as members of a particular racial group. The
series of discussions included separate events for Black, Indigenous
and People of Color (known as BIPOC) and “non-POC”, or white
students. “In plain English, the University of Michigan appears to
have created ‘whites-only’ and ‘non-whites-only’ events, in a
manner reminiscent of the doctrine of racial segregation overturned by
_Brown v. Board of Education_,” the senators’ letter states. The
lawmakers reveal that the university’s chancellor subsequently
apologized, though the school maintains that the race-based events
were never intended to be exclusive or exclusionary for individuals of
a certain race.

Another example embedded in the letter involves the University of
Kentucky, a public institution in Lexington with an enrollment of
about 30,000. In August, a campus conglomerate called Bias Incident
Support Services
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(BISS) hosted
segregated training sessions for resident assistants (RA), students
who oversee dorms and enforce policies and rules, typically in
exchange for free housing and a meal plan. One of the sessions was for
“RAs who identify as Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color, and one
for RAs who identify as White.” The training that excluded white
students was described as “Healing Space for Staff of Color” while
the training for white students was coined “White Accountability
Space.” In the “whites-only” meeting RAs received materials that
listed “common racist behaviors and attitudes of white people.”
Amusingly, segregation was one of the examples on the list. BISS is
responsible for cultivating and nurturing a culture of belonging at
the University of Kentucky, according to its website, which states
that “inclusion is what diversity looks like in action.” BISS also
claims that it engages in programming and activities centered in
inclusive excellence.

The August event certainly did not reflect that. In fact, it was quite
the opposite. “College administrators often rationalize these forms
of racial segregation, claiming they give members of certain racial
groups, especially minority groups, spaces where they can discuss
shared concerns and issues,” the senators write. “Thus, these
defenders attempt to portray racial segregation as a tool to further
diversity.” Some in academia also claim that segregated facilities
and events protect racial minorities from what they assert is endemic
racism in schools, according to the lawmakers. “Whatever the
rationale, the effect of racial segregation is to divide the student
body on a college campus, creating racial or ethnic enclaves,” the
letter declares. The senators end by pointing out that racial
segregation is antithetical to our nation’s creed and that it is
illegal under multiple federal laws.

MEXICAN CARTELS’ ABILITY TO CONTROL TERRITORY, CO-OPT GOVERNMENTS IS
A GREAT THREAT TO U.S.

While mainstream media coverage of a Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) threat assessment focuses on white supremacists, the lengthy
report offers plenty of other serious national security threats that
have selectively been ignored. Our _Corruption Chronicles _blog brings
us the latest
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Among those threats are Mexican-based drug cartels that control
territory along the U.S. Southwest border. DHS released the 26-page
document, titled “Homeland Threat Assessment” (HTA), recently to
provide the American people with an overview of the information
collected and analyzed by agency employees around the world. “The
HTA is primarily informed by intelligence analysis prepared by the DHS
Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and by the Component
intelligence offices, which identified the leading security threats to
the Homeland based on a review of all-source intelligence information
and analysis,” the report states. “Given the array of potential
issues, I&A’s scoped its analysis to focus on key threats covered by
the intelligence elements of the Department, which expert analysts
considered most likely and with the potential to significantly affect
U.S. security.”

The agency determines that white supremacists pose the most persistent
and lethal domestic terrorism threat to the U.S. and the media ran
with it, essentially ignoring other serious problems documented in
detail by DHS in the first annual report. For instance, DHS writes
that “Mexico-based cartels pose the greatest threat to the Homeland
because of their ability to control territory—including along the
U.S. Southwest Border—and co-opt parts of government, particularly
at a state and local level.” They are considered Transitional
Criminal Organizations (TCOs) by the government and will continue to
undermine public health and safety in the U.S. and threaten the
country’s national security interests, according to DHS. “They
represent an acute and devastating threat to public health and safety
in the Homeland and a significant threat to U.S. national security
interests,” DHS writes. “Beyond their complicity in the 71,000
drug overdose deaths in the U.S. last year, TCOs destabilize partner
nations, decrease citizen confidence in good governance, foment
corruption, and destroy confidence in the international banking
system.”

Homeland Security officials reveal that countering the drug cartels
will remain an enduring challenge to U.S. safety and security in the
future. “TCOs will continue to take advantage of illegal migration
flows to enter the United States and attempt to exploit legal
immigration avenues,” the agency writes, adding this: “Criminal
elements attempting to provide a level of legitimacy to their illicit
immigration claims by intermingling with migrants travelling to the US
Southwest border pose an intrinsic risk to the U.S. lawful immigration
system.” COVID-19 disrupted some cartel operations, but the criminal
syndicates’ ability to move large quantities of illicit goods into
and throughout the U.S. remains largely intact. The Sinaloa and
Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) networks are identified as the
Mexican TCOs that pose the greatest cross-border drug smuggling threat
in the near-term. “They dominate the lucrative trafficking of
cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine to the United
States,” DHS writes.

Another pertinent threat ignored in news coverage of the DHS
assessment is the prediction of a mass illegal immigration crisis at
the southern border in 2021. The agency anticipates a huge wave of
migrants from both Central and South America as well as the Caribbean.
This will be due to the lifting of COVID-19 border restrictions within
Latin America, which will facilitate transit and the devastating
economic impact of the pandemic in the region. “DHS anticipates that
the number of apprehensions at the border will significantly climb
post-pandemic, with the potential for another surge as those who were
previously prevented from seeking entry into the United States arrive
at the border and as poor economic conditions around the world fuel
migration,” the report states. “This high volume of illegal
immigration, including unprecedented numbers of family units and
unaccompanied alien children arrivals, stretch government resources,
and create a humanitarian and border security crisis that cripples the
immigration system.” The migrant surges could undermine the
agency’s ability to effectively secure the border without adversely
impacting other parts of the immigration system, DHS further writes.

A section on natural disasters claims that severe weather, floods,
earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires, and winter storms also threaten
the nation. “These disasters pose a significant threat to human
health and safety, property, critical infrastructure, and homeland
security while subjecting the nation to frequent periods of
insecurity, disruption, and economic loss,” DHS writes in the last
page of the document. “Over the last year, the United States has
faced the COVID-19 crisis while simultaneously dealing with numerous
natural disasters. These natural disasters require the Department to
readjust its priority focus, as resources continue to be reallocated
to focus on responding to multiple natural disasters, while continuing
to handle its traditional roles and responsibilities.”
Until next week...





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