Global Courant 2023-04-21 04:37:12
A business boot camp at Missouri State University that excluded white males is now offering the program to anyone “regardless of their race and/or gender” after a government watchdog organization urged the Attorney General to investigate discrimination.
The Spring 2023 Early-Stage Business Boot Camp was an eight-week course offered exclusively to “aspiring and/or female small business owners who have recently started or are in the ideation phase.”
White males were not eligible to apply.
An aerial view of Missouri State University. (missouristate.edu)
On Tuesday, the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed a complaint with Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey urging him to investigate.
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The group alleged that MSU “engaged in discrimination based on race and gender through its sponsorship, promotion and hosting of a small company “boot camp” training that limits participation” to women and people who identify as “BIPOC” – an acronym for non-white “Black, Indigenous and Persons of Color.”
Applications for the Early-Stage Business Boot Camp Spring 2023 in the original language. (Missouri State University)
On Thursday, the program’s original web page with the exclusive language appeared to have been removed.
Missouri State University has removed the original web page. (Missouri State University)
MSU told Fox News Digital that the Early-Stage Business Boot Camp program “is designed to help new and aspiring small business owners build and grow their businesses.”
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“The Spring 2023 Program was funded by the US Bank Foundation and was a one-off targeting companies owned by minorities and/or women,” said MSU. “The efactory will continue to offer the Early-Stage Business Boot Camp program at no cost to participants regardless of race and/or gender.”
Despite the change, the EVP said it would continue to press the AG’s office to investigate.
“It’s not enough for MSU to say ‘oops’ — especially since this isn’t the first time MSU has promoted a racially restrictive program,” EVP founder William Jacobson said in a statement. “We will continue to urge Attorney General Andrew Bailey to conduct a thorough investigation into how such overt discrimination occurred at a major state university, and who knew what and when.”
He added, “A broader investigation is needed into face-oriented and race-oriented and race-restricted programming at MSU. Sunlight is the best antiseptic.”
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Fox News Digital has contacted the Missouri AG and MSU offices for additional comment.
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