DOJ Probes CUNY Program for Alleged Race Bias

The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into a program at the City University of New York that it alleges provides educational benefits to certain minority students, particularly Black males, based on race.

The DOJ said in a news release Tuesday that the university’s “Black Male Initiative” is a systemwide program that “encompasses recruitment, admissions, student aid, as well as academic support and professional development” and “appears to favor select non-white minorities — primarily Black males — over applicants of other races.”

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On May 31, the Equal Protection Project filed a complaint with the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights against the university. The group alleges the “Black Male Initiative” discriminates on the basis of race, color, or national origin in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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