MIT is sued over women of color scheme that BANS white students from applying while discriminating 'on the basis of race, color and sex'

A conservative group claims a student program for female students of color at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is discrimination.

The Legal Insurrection Foundation made a complaint to the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights claiming it violated the civil rights of other students.

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MIT's website explains the program is 'designed for undergraduate women of color which includes Black, Indigenous, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islanders, and other minoritized ethnicities'.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology vice president for equity and inclusion Karl Reid

Legal Insurrection Foundation president William Jacobson wrote that the program 'engages in invidious discrimination on the basis of race, color and sex'.

'Only undergraduate 'women of color' can participate in the program. Applicants who fall outside of those race- and sex-based categories are ineligible for it,' he wrote.

He argued 'any reasonable person would understand that all students are not welcome to participate', which was against OCR guidance.

Legal Insurrection Foundation president William Jacobson wrote that the program 'engages in invidious discrimination on the basis of race, color and sex'

The complaint outlined the benefits of the program, including assistances with networking, mentoring, and ''access to social outings, retreats, dinners, and fun events'.

Students in the program could also receive up to $400 for graduate school applications, travel, and professional attire, among other uses.

The application form asked for the student's race, gender identity, and if they were transgender as trans and non-binary women were eligible.

The complaint asked the OCR to 'impose remedial relief as the law permits for the benefit of those who have been illegally excluded' from the program.

'Regardless of the purpose of the discrimination, it is wrong and unlawful,' Jacobson wrote.

'It does society no good to inject more racism and sexism into the educational system through discriminatory university programs. 

A conservative group claims a student program for female students of color at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (pictured) is discrimination

'It is sad and disheartening to see that institutions like MIT that receive federal funding are re-segregating the student body through exclusionary programs.'

Jacobson emailed the complaint as part of the foundation's Equal Protection Project, which claims it 'opposes racial discrimination in any form'.

However, the project's listed cases are all against university programs or scholarships aimed at minorities or female students.

Jacobson is a clinical professor of law and director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School, and in the past complained students were trying to get him fired for criticizing Black Lives Matter.