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Butler University has awarded endowed scholarships on the basis of race and gender, The College Fix has learned. Butler removed the listing of all endowed scholarships, totaling approximately $2.4 million, from the university website before the 2013-2014 school year after inquiry from a parent of a prospective student. The ScholarshipsThe “race-conscious” scholarships Butler has offered include scholarships that are only awarded to African-American students, an award limited to “a female student of Hispanic descent,” an award limited to “a woman of Indian descent” (unless Butler cannot find one) and an award that declares, “Preference will be given to Caucasian undergraduates...

Is this the New Racism? Black woman civil rights lawyer in the tradition of a Fanny Lou Hamer, runs for DA in 2001 against white male incumbent, amidst charges of corruption from the political machine, which spawned him. Her banner- Justice not Politics. Media Ignores Her. Incumbent’s agent vows to crush her. He levels an unprecedented colossal election battle against her and supporters, a mosaic, mostly people of color. Supporters are harassed all hours of the night by his agents. An extraordinary 150 people are subpoenaed including her father who had been dead 13 years. Media Ignores Her. She is...