Scholarship for Black students at UC San Diego rebranded after lawsuit argued it was discriminatory

After being sued, UCSD and San Diego Foundation open scholarship to non-Black students

UC San Diego and the San Diego Foundation have agreed, as part of a legal settlement, to allow students of all races and ethnicities to apply for a scholarship that was previously only available to Black students, according to the group that sued the university over allegations of racial discrimination. The Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, or CFER, filed its lawsuit in July alleging the Black Alumni Scholarship Fund was unconstitutional…

UC San Diego opens blacks-only scholarship to all races after lawsuit citing KKK Act

The University of California San Diego recently expanded a scholarship that was previously limited to black students, making it available to students of all races following a lawsuit against the school. A conservative nonprofit, the Pacific Legal Foundation, challenged the program under the Ku Klux Klan Act, an 1871 law that prevents government officials and private groups from working… Source

A scholarship for Black California students has to accept white applicants. Here’s why

A scholarship for Black students at UC San Diego is now available to anyone, regardless of race, after students and a right-leaning nonprofit organization sued the university for discrimination this July. The plaintiffs argued that the scholarship fund violated a series of laws, including the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, which was put in place to protect Black Americans in the South. One of the students, Kai Peters, said he was denied access to the…

Scholarship for Black students at UC San Diego rebranded after lawsuit argued it was discriminatory

A scholarship for Black students at UC San Diego is now available to anyone, regardless of race, after students and a right-leaning nonprofit organization sued the university for discrimination this July.

Why a scholarship for Black California students now has to accept white applicants

Students and a right-leaning nonprofit sued UC San Diego for allegedly supporting a scholarship fund for Black students. They cited the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act as evidence to support their case.

UCSD alters scholarship rules after lawsuit

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