Reaction to pause of pause race-based scholarship at OU [Video]

OU’s decision comes after the state’s AG gave guidance to public colleges and universities following the Supreme Court’s June decision to end Affirmative Action.

ATHENS, Ohio — A former Ohio University student is publicly calling out the school for its decision to temporarily pause the awarding of race-based scholarships.

“It’s a regress of diversity initiatives and it’s sad because people need shots,” Amelia Robinson, a 1997 graduate of the school said. “People need shots like the one I got.”

Robinson, a Cleveland native, is now the opinions page editor for The Columbus Dispatch. She says she got her first taste of journalism participating in a high school program targeting minorities.

“Every time you want to move forward, someone pulls you back,” the longtime journalist said.

Robinson wrote a fiery column calling OU’s decision cowardly and a slap in the face.

“Any excuse people have not to do the right thing they’ll take it,” Robinson explained.

The decision …