The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was hit with a civil rights complaint Monday, noting one of its programs only allows 'women of color' to participate.
at MIT. However, the program also considers biological men who identify as women eligible, according to its website.
“The CRWN eligibility requirements are openly racially and sexually discriminatory,” Jacobson continued.it is designed exclusively for “women of color ” to “move confidently as visionaries, grounded in excellence, empathy, and support for one another.” It clarifies that “women of color” only means black, indigenous, Hispanic or “Latinx,” Asian, Pacific Islanders, and other “minoritized ethnicities.
“The harm from racial educational barriers is that it racializes not just the specific program, but the entire campus,” Jacobson said. “Sending a message to students that access to opportunities is dependent on race is damaging to the fabric of campus.”
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