To Appease Protestors, Universities Promise To Violate Civil Rights Laws

For the promise of peace, Northwestern and Rutgers have promised to violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Title VI forbids discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in any program or activity receiving federal funds.

Lawsuits are likely coming, and the schools will probably lose.
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To date, at least three universities have caved to their anti-Israel mobs. Northwestern, Rutgers, and the University of Minnesota have reached agreements with the students and activists who have occupied their campuses.

For the promise of peace, Northwestern and Rutgers have promised to violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Minnesota apparently bargained better because it got away with a promise only to consider violating the Act.

The suspect parts of the agreements are vows to dole out admission, scholarships, faculty positions, and other resources based on Palestinian or Arab ethnicity or on Muslim religious belief.

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