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A brand new lawsuit has been filed in opposition to the American Affiliation of College Ladies (AAUW) by the group Do No Hurt alleging that the AAUW’s “Chosen Professions Fellowships” program is discriminatory and unlawful.
The AAUW program gives $20,000 and networking alternatives to girls pursuing sure levels, however the group has designated sure fellowships as restricted to girls of coloration. This system is open solely to girls from ethnic minority teams, together with Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Different Pacific Islander.
Do No Hurt, a nonprofit group that claims its purpose is to safeguard healthcare from ideological threats, is submitting the lawsuit on behalf of its medical pupil members who meet the standards for the fellowship however are ineligible to use on account of their race.
“‘Racial discrimination is invidious in all contexts.’ Healthcare particularly,” the lawsuit states, citing a latest Supreme Courtroom opinion in College students for Honest Admissions v. Harvard.
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A brand new lawsuit has been filed in opposition to the American Affiliation of College Ladies (AAUW) by the group Do No Hurt, alleging that the AAUW’s Chosen Professions Fellowships program is discriminatory and unlawful. (iStock)
That case, determined final summer season, outlawed discriminatory practices in larger schooling admissions – a apply often known as affirmative motion. Whereas that case handled American schools, authorized consultants have mentioned it might change the authorized legal responsibility panorama past campuses and alter the best way different firms and companies pursue range, fairness and inclusion practices.
“But, by way of its Chosen Professions Fellowships (for the Focus Professions Group), AAUW is contracting solely with sure racial teams. Medical college students who’re white—like Do No Hurt’s members…aren’t eligible,” the go well with states.
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“We should hold identification politics out of medical schooling whether or not that be within the classroom or in medical fellowship applications,” mentioned Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, chairman of Do No Hurt. (Dzmitry Dzemidovich)
“AAUW ought to know the way invidious it’s to discriminate based mostly on immutable traits. AAUW was based in 1881 to ‘open the doorways for ladies’s profession development and to encourage extra girls to pursue larger schooling,'” the go well with notes.
“We should hold identification politics out of medical schooling, whether or not that be within the classroom or in medical fellowship applications,” mentioned Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, chairman of Do No Hurt. “Each affected person deserves entry to the absolute best care. But, ideologically pushed fellowships akin to these supplied by the American Affiliation of College Ladies, don’t enhance care. Medical fellowships ought to be awarded to college students due to advantage, not race.”
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The lawsuit claims that the AAUW’s program violates the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which requires racial equality in “making and implementing contracts.” (iStock)
The lawsuit claims that the AAUW’s program violates the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which requires racial equality in making and implementing contracts.
The AAUW’s program, the lawsuit argues, is discriminatory and unlawful.
“There isn’t a compelling curiosity that justifies categorically excluding white candidates based mostly on their race. Neither is AAUW’s program narrowly tailor-made to realize that compelling curiosity. A categorical exclusion of a complete racial group is, by definition, not narrowly tailor-made,” the go well with alleges.
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“The American Affiliation of College Ladies ought to be ashamed of their archaic and unlawful apply of discrimination based mostly on race, mentioned Kristina Rasmussen, govt director of Do No Hurt. “As a women-led group they need to be lifting up all girls. The AAUW ought to reverse course and open their fellowships and different alternatives to all girls.”
AAUW didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
Brianna Herlihy is a politics author for Fox Information Digital.
