COLLEGE BLACKS are Targeted and TitleIX Accused. Why? They are Denied Due Process.
In 2016 Sacred Heart Univ. student Nikki Yovino (white) claimed she was sexually assaulted by two men (black). In 2017 Nikki admitted to a Detective that “she made up the allegation of sexual assault because it was the first thing that came to mind.” Too often, due process is denied in the campus tribunals that have been erected in the wake of the Obama era Title IX mandate, and the denial of due process protections to the accused-whatever their race-is certainly a civil rights issue and demands systematic data collection and public scrutiny. For example, Colgate was investigated by OCR for potential race discrimination on its sexual assault adjudication process. In the 2013-14 academic year, 4.2 percent of Colgate’s students were black but in that same year, black male students made up 40 percent of the students adjudicated. The Atlantic lists several other schools involved in civil lawsuits filed by accused male students with what the magazine called “racial aspects.” Harvard Law Prof Jeannie Suk Gerson, found that “in general, the administrators and faculty members she has spoken with who work on sexual misconduct cases indicate that “most of the complaints they see are against minorities.” Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos recognizes the real violations of civil rights that have been occurring under Title IX and promised to “end the era of rule by letter” begun by the Obama administration.
catholiccitizens.org By Anne Hendershott
