ST. LOUIS NAACP Exposes TitleIX’s Racism: ‘The Denial of Due Process Disproportionately Impacts African American Men’
Law professors across the racial and political spectrum have no trouble acknowledging it. Now a Missouri chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is speaking up about the racism of the Title IX adjudication system. The St. Louis chapter of the African-American civil rights organization is supporting state legislation to make campus sexual-assault trials more fair to accused students.
It’s a brave decision for the group, which will undoubtedly face hostility from other progressive organizations that have tarred the legislation as harmful to alleged survivors of sexual assault. “The denial of due process at Missouri’s colleges disproportionately impacts African American men,” John Gaskin III, president of the chapter, wrote in a statement. “And that’s why we call for immediate due process reforms.”
The House and Senate bills would simply provide basic due-process guarantees for students that have already been imposed on colleges across the country by both federal and state appeals courts, including in politically progressive California. The House bill is being sponsored by a victim of sexual assault, who previously told The College Fix that it’s an insult to victims to “believe all women.”
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