The US Department of Justice has accused the University of California, San Diego’s medical school of discriminating against White and Asian applicants by favouring Black and Hispanic applicants. The DOJ believes that UC San Diego’s medical school violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law bans discrimination based on race, colour, or national origin in initiatives or activities that receive federal aid. The DOJ accusing UC San Diego of discrimination against white students In a letter published on Monday, Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s civil rights division,
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a $600 million gift to support the endowments of the nation’s four historically Black medical schools and the establishment of a new medical school in New Orleans. This gift is part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, an effort aimed at advancing racial wealth equity by addressing systemic underinvestment in Black institutions and communities. Strengthening Financial Stability and Institutional Capacity The $600 million donation is designed to increase the financial stability and institutional capacity of these historically Black medical schools which graduate around half of all Black doctors
