George Floyd scholarships—violating civil rights for the sake of equity? AlphaNews.org

UCSD’s $10,000 Scholarship Only for the ‘Right’ Race — Minding The Campus

Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the California Globe on August 4, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. In 1871, over five years after the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), Ohio Republican Congressman Samuel Shellabarger introduced the KKK Act as “An Act to […] The post UCSD’s $10,000 Scholarship Only for the ‘Right’ Race appeared first o…

George Floyd scholarships—violating civil rights for the sake of equity? AlphaNews.org

Scholar and former professor Mark Perry spoke with Liz Collin about how George Floyd memorial scholarships at Minnesota colleges may have started with good intentions—but have ended up violating students’ civil rights.