A civil rights complaint filed against Northwestern University claims the school discriminated on the basis of race when introducing five scholarships for Palestinians.
EXCLUSIVE: A nonprofit legal organization filed a civil rights complaint against Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, Tuesday, after it announced plans to offer five scholarships exclusively to 'Palestinian' students, allegedly discriminating against the rest of the student body.
In violation of Title VI, the stated commitment of the University to provide five scholarships exclusively to ‘Palestinian’ students illegally excludes and discriminates against non-Palestinian students based on their ethnicity, national origin, and shared ancestry,' the complaint states.
Northwestern receives federal funds, making it subject to Title VI. Title VI prohibits intentional discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in any program or activity – or all university operations – that receives federal financial assistance. Jacobson noted the Office for Civil Rights has jurisdiction over the complaint.
Northwestern should immediately rescind those parts of the agreement as require Northwestern to discriminate,' Jacobson said. 'As a recipient of federal funding, Northwestern does not have the option of discriminating just to make other problems go away. 'We call on Northwestern to use the funding it committed to discrimination by opening up those scholarships and housing to all students, without regard to ethnicity, national origin or shared ancestry,' he added.
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