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Terence Tao on the suspension of UCLA grants

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280 points dargscisyhp | 2 comments | 02 Aug 25 06:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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raincole ◴[02 Aug 25 09:13 UTC] No.44765945[source]▶
I have all my respect to Tao.

But I think it's very justified for the federal to do something (not necessarily this thing) against institutions that show racist behaviors. e.g. Little Rock Nine.

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1. plemer ◴[02 Aug 25 09:23 UTC] No.44765992[source]▶
Where do you see anything remotely comparable to the Little Rock 9 at UCLA?

Edit: Incidentally, Trump absolutely gutted the Department of Education, including the Office of Civil Rights, appointing loyalists who explicitly don’t believe it should exist. Are these the actions of a president concerned with civil rights?

Also, indulge us in a wild guess as to what Trump would’ve done to the Little Rock 9. Consider that he signed a full-page newspaper ad calling for the death of the Central Park 5, a wrongfully convicted group of Black and Latino teenagers.

Invoking our civil rights legacy here is perverse.

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2. Terr_ ◴[02 Aug 25 10:46 UTC] No.44766468[source]▶
Also, Republicans just torched the DOJ's division for for prosecuting Civil Rights violations, staffing down by 70%.

Their goal isn't to build legal cases against actual offenses, their goal is extortion.