Princeton’s “Systemic Racism” Captures the Government’s Attention
17th September 2020
Two weeks ago, Princeton University’s president, Christopher Eisgruber, issued a letter to the Princeton community in which he admitted that the institution he has run for seven years is plagued by “systemic racism.” This is quite an admission for a number of reasons.
One of them, as I pointed out, is that it confesses to a violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Title VI provides that “No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Those who attend a “systemically racist” college are, by definition, subjected to discrimination by the college.
I wasn’t the only one who spotted this problem. The U.S. Department of Education has spotted it, too.
When confessing your sins, anything you say may be taken down and used in evidence against you.
I thought that the requirement that the President of Princeton identify every individual student that has been harmed by Princeton’s ‘systemic racism’ and specify the damage done is especially humorous.