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Trump administration sues University of California over antisemitism at UCLA
Key takeaways
- It follows a previous lawsuit against UCLA for claims of unaddressed antisemitism on campus and a civil rights investigation into the school.
- In short, UCLA was deliberately indifferent to the suffering of its Jewish and Israeli students and declined to take meaningful action to protect them.
- Title VI prohibits discrimination in federally funded programs under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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It follows a previous lawsuit against UCLA for claims of unaddressed antisemitism on campus and a civil rights investigation into the school.
The new lawsuit — filed in the Central District of California — alleges the school s Office of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion received over 100 complaints about antisemitism and anti-Israeli hostility but routinely ignored these complaints.
In short, UCLA was deliberately indifferent to the suffering of its Jewish and Israeli students and declined to take meaningful action to protect them. Its behavior exemplifies the deliberate indifference towards discrimination that Title VI prohibits, it adds.
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