Racially-Exclusionary Mentorship Program At Mitchell Hamline Law School Challenged By Equal Protection Project [Video]

The ‘‘MABL Pathways Scholars’ program is only open to black Minnesota students. Mitchell Hamline’s defense is that it only “hosted” the program, it doesn’t run it. Hosting a series of segregated educational events in itself would be a violation of law, but as detailed in the Complaint, Mitchell Hamline’s involvement went beyond mere hosting.

The Equal Protection Project (EPP) (EqualProtect.org) of the Legal Insurrection Foundation has challenged numerous racially discriminatory programs done in the name of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This discrimination comes in various ways, but the overarching theme is to exclude or diminish some people and promote others, based on race, color, or ethnicity. We have filed over thirty complaints and legal actions since launch in February 2023, with over half the schools withdrawing or modifying the discriminatory programs. (See EPP Mid-2024 Impact Reports.)

Almost all of our actions have addressed discrimination in higher education. In our latest action, we have filed a Civil Rights Complaint…