""unlawful proxies" for discrimination."
"She wrote that "facially neutral criteria" that "function as proxies for protected characteristics" are illegal "if designed or applied" to intentionally advantage or disadvantage people based on race or sex."
""I think it is ridiculous," Klein said. She said it seems like a decade of history is being "put down the drain.""
"Marie McMullan, student press counsel for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, said in an email that the university's "unlawful proxy" claim is "nonsense.""
The University of Alabama ended publication of two student-run, university-funded magazines aimed at women and Black students to comply with stated legal obligations. University officials cited a July memo from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi warning that "facially neutral criteria" that "function as proxies for protected characteristics" can be illegal if used to advantage or disadvantage people based on race or sex. The women's magazine, [Alice], recently marked its tenth anniversary; Nineteen Fifty-Six began in 2020. Editors were told the magazines were canceled because they are identity-based. The Department of Justice did not answer questions about whether it considers the magazines unlawful. A student-press counsel called the university's claim "nonsense" and invoked First Amendment concerns.
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