Michigan Professor Lashes Out At Harvard's Liberal Policies That Violate Federal Civil Rights Laws

Mark Perry is at it again.

The University of Michigan-Flint economics professor who is waging a one-man war on policies that benefit liberals on college campuses has now teed up Harvard University for a reverse discrimination charge.

According to the conservative website Campus Reform on Tuesday, Perry filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education over a 10-day music business course that will be hosted and taught by rap star IDK.

The course description said the free, “comprehensive” class will focus on those who want to “kickstart their music careers,” and “democratizing and reframing what is attainable in the industry.” They will learn insights on topics such as “financial literacy, mental health, and personal branding in the music industry.”

Perry maintains the class, scheduled for August, violates federal civil rights laws because it’s specifically promoted as “building a pipeline for BIPOC talent,” as in black, indigenous and people of color.

In fact, the event is “open to BIPOC individuals interested in (the) music business” who are 18 to 25 and living in the U.S.

Applicants are required to disclose their race by picking an ethnic category, which does include whites, and submitting a photo.

In his complaint, Perry argued, “This program discriminates on the basis of skin color by operating exclusively for BIPOC individuals only and illegally excluding and discriminating against non-BIPOC individuals on the basis of skin color.”

Perry told Campus Reform, “In some cases like this, a university might claim that they are merely renting space on its campus to a discriminatory group or program, but they are not affiliated with the program or endorsing it,” Perry told Campus Reform.

“In this case, I don’t think Harvard can make that claim as I tried to emphasize in my complaint. Harvard should be considered a partner because the program name is ‘No Label Academy at Harvard’ and a Harvard faculty member is serving as an adviser to the program.”

“Therefore,,” Perry continued, “Harvard should be held accountable as being complicit with the discriminatory practices of an outside group that is using Harvard’s name, its campus, its academic reputation, and its faculty to promote a program that violates Title VI.”

As The Free Press reported last week, Perry has filed 326 such complaints against colleges since 2016, alleging more than 1,000 violations. Of those, 158 sparked federal civil rights investigations, with 50 resolved in Perry’s favor.

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Michigan Professor Lashes Out At Harvard’s Liberal Policies That Violate Federal Civil Rights Laws