A new University of Missouri initiative to help black female students in STEM intentionally excludes black male students, another violation of Title IX.
Black male students are the most disadvantaged minority in higher education, constituting only around 1.6% of graduates; far fewer than black female students. At the same time, black male students are even more interested in STEM than black female students, according to National Science Foundation statistics which MU actually cites.
And yet, of course, the University ignores black male students - - again in violation of Title IX - - and is seeking only to serve black female students. NineShift's Julie Coates filed a letter of objection with MU officials, who not surprisingly have not responded. Coates also has done a whole lot of research on why black male students are even more discriminated against than black female students. Let's not help black males graduate. Because, well, they're guys.
Photo: We're in Puerto Rico for awhile now. Puerto Rico seems like the real melting pot in terms of racial integration. Black, white, brown, all in the same family, or at the same table, or at the same beach.
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