US judge bars federal minority-business agency from considering race
- A federal judge in Texas has ordered the Minority Business Development Agency to serve people regardless of race, potentially affecting programs assuming racial minorities are disadvantaged.
- The ruling, a win for conservative activists, was based on violating equal protection guarantees by presuming racial minorities are inherently disadvantaged.
- Advocates criticized the decision, seeing it as hindering efforts to assist Black, Hispanic, and other minority business owners facing barriers.
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Texas Judge Rules That a Federal Agency Discriminates Against Whites
A Texas judge has ruled that a government agency created to assist minority-owned businesses has discriminated against white people, violating the rights of all Americans to receive equal protection under the United States Constitution. As explained in the 93-page Opinion and Order (pdf), the plaintiffs—three entrepreneurs in need of assistance for their businesses—sought help from the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), a federal agenc…
Federal judge orders minority-business agency to service White people too
A federal judge in Texas has ruled a government agency designed to help minority-owned businesses cannot refuse assistance to White applicants.U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman on Tuesday ruled in favor of a group of White business-owners who sued the Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), alleging the agency unconstitutionally gives preferential treatment to non-White entrepreneurs. "The Agency uses a codified list…
Federal Judge Orders Minority-Business Agency Opened to All Races
A federal judge in Texas has ordered a 55-year-old federal agency created to help minority-owned businesses to open its doors to all races, a ruling that potentially imperils dozens of government programs that also presume racial minorities are inherently disadvantaged.
US judge in Texas rules minority business agency must serve all races
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the U.S. Minority Business Development Agency, founded during the Nixon administration, must avail itself to disadvantaged entrepreneurs of all races and ethnicities, including whites. The summary judgment rendered on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, appointed in 2019 by then-President Donald Trump, was the latest in a recent series of federal court decisions rol…
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