Saturday, December 16, 2023

Don't Existing Civil Rights Laws Cover This?

Here's something I don't understand. I thought we had gallons of regulations establishing civil rights rules with respect to being eligible for Federal funding. I didn't think you could get Federal money if you were racist, sexist or such. If that's the case, how does Rutgers still have a dime of Federal coin?

Is it that the regulations only govern discrimination in hiring and admittance? Can universities hold all the Nazi rallies they want so long as they allow Jews on campus?

Are there hate speech regulations that govern Federal funding as well? I asked ChatGPT and got this result.

Yes, federal funding can be denied to private universities that engage in racism. This is generally guided by various federal laws and regulations that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Key among these laws is Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Title VI states that no individual 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." Therefore, if a private university receives federal funding and is found to be engaging in discriminatory practices that violate Title VI, it risks losing that funding.

Aside: ChatGPT does a far better job answering questions than Google search results do.

Anyway, this response and the Google search results seem to indicate that you can scream, "Weiße raus!" morning, noon and night, provided white people are allowed to attend your classes. I'm not sure I believe that. I cannot believe that we could have the reincarnation of Senator Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS) teaching at a private college that receives Federal funding.

I used the example of advocating Nazism while allowing Jews to attend class and asked ChatGPT if this was governed by any regulations. Here's what I got.

Department of Education Guidelines: The U.S. Department of Education oversees the enforcement of laws against discrimination in educational institutions. Universities must comply with guidelines that ensure they are not fostering a hostile environment based on race, nationality, or other protected characteristics.

Again, I can't believe that this sort of speech doesn't violate something in the massive pile of Federal regulations. How can a university allow one of its professors to rant about the white devils and not have that be a hostile environment for whites?

By all means, let's allow the full weight of government regulations to fall on Rutgers.

2 comments:

Ilíon said...

"Don't Existing Civil Rights Laws Cover This?"

That's a major part of the problem, actually.

Currently, we in America are trying to live under *two* contradictory constitutions -- the public and official, though mostly ignored, Constitution of 1789 on the one had, and the unofficial, though operative, pseudo-constitution built upon the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and subsequent court rulings, on the other hand.

Ilíon said...

... the actions and statements of these government employees violates the official Constitution of 1789, but not the operative constitution of 1964.