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Trump’s justice department is weaponizing civil rights laws against students of color | ReNika Moore
The Trump administration's Justice Department is accused of misusing civil rights laws to target UCLA and Yale for admitting high-achieving Black and Hispanic students, claiming the schools discriminated against white and Asian applicants. The article argues the department's findings ignore comprehensive applicant data and rely on statistically insignificant score differences.
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