Dhillon said in a statement that “race can never play a role when deciding how to distribute educational resources or opportunities.”
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The Justice Department is investigating a program at City University of New York that offers support for men from underrepresented backgrounds for alleged racial discrimination.
Trump officials said in a Tuesday news release that the Justice Department received reports that CUNY’s Black Male Initiative “provides educational benefits to minorities, particularly black males, on the basis of race.” The university says on the program’s website and in other materials that while the initiative is geared toward Black, Caribbean and Hispanic men, its activities are open to all students.
As part of the initiative, students receive “additional layers of academic and social support,” such as peer-to-peer mentoring, according to the website.
