This is spectacular. Princeton University, of Ivy League Fame, has a President who decided that a struggle session was in order, and wrote an open letter where he said:
Racism and the damage it does to people of color nevertheless persist at Princeton as in our society, sometimes by conscious intention but more often through unexamined assumptions and stereotypes, ignorance or insensitivity, and the systemic legacy of past decisions and policies. Race-based inequities in America’s health care, policing, education, and employment systems affect profoundly the lives of our staff, students, and faculty of color.
Racist assumptions from the past also remain embedded in structures of the University itself. For example, Princeton inherits from earlier generations at least nine departments and programs organized around European languages and culture, but only a single, relatively small program in African studies.
From this bit, it seems President Eisgruber’s biggest claim that his university is racist is that it has “nine departments and programs organized around European languages and culture,” which as anyone who isn’t a self-hating nincompoop will realize isn’t racism so much as recognition of reality, what with our nation, civilization, culture, etc. all being derived from European cultures. “English,” after all, isn’t a language that originated in Uganda, but in *England.* But the university President thought it was a neato-keen idea to be seen grovelling before the Outraged Idiotarian Mob, and decided that talking smack about his own university was a good idea.
Ooops.
According to a letter the Department of Education sent to Princeton that was obtained by the Washington Examiner, such an admission from Eisgruber raises concerns that Princeton has been receiving tens of millions of dollars of federal funds in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which declares that “no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
Ruh-roh.
Seems to me that Eisgruber has two options:
- Stick with the “We’re racist” line and risk having the FedGuv drop *massive* fines upon them. If he does this and the board back him up, I hope that they get hit so hard that Princeton goes *down.* Nearly sixty years worth of fraudulently received federal aid had got to amount to a *lot.*
- “Ha Ha, now, wait, I was just kidding.” if this dolt thinks that abasement and struggle sessions are such a good idea, let him do so in a way that tries to minimize the damage his prior idiocy has done.
