Trump’s justice department is weaponizing civil rights laws against students of color | ReNika Moore

Summary

The Justice Department under Trump is investigating discrimination claims at UCLA and Yale, but critics argue the cases reveal how civil rights laws designed to protect students of color are being weaponized against them. The investigations target diversity programs and affirmative action policies, flipping the original intent of civil rights enforcement. ReNika Moore contends that what was once the DOJ's 'crown jewel', its civil rights division, now uses federal law to undermine the very inclusion it was created to advance. The shift marks a dramatic reversal in how the government interprets and enforces decades-old antidiscrimination statutes.