The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the University of California, Los Angeles for alleged race and national origin discrimination targeting Jewish and Israeli students. The complaint alleges violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars discrimination or exclusion based on race, color, or national origin in federally funded programs. The complaint states that after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, antisemitic hatred escalated, leading to physical assaults, injuries, exclusion from campus, and loss of educational opportunities. It alleges UCLA responded with deliberate indifference to pervasive antisemitism. The complaint also alleges UCLA breached funding contracts and grants by certifying compliance with Title VI while allowing discrimination to persist. It cites April 2024 incidents involving an encampment and attacks near Royce Hall, including pepper spray and blocking students from entering buildings.
"After the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, antisemitic hatred against UCLA's Jewish and Israeli students reached a point where students were physically assaulted, injured, excluded from campus, and deprived of educational opportunities because of their perceived Jewish or Israeli heritage, the DOJ's press release reads."
"UCLA violated Title VI through its deliberate indifference to this pervasive on-campus antisemitism. UCLA also breached its funding contracts and grants with the United States by certifying the school's compliance with its Title VI duties to protect all students from unlawful discrimination while allowing discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students to infect its campus."
"The complaint sites the flash point of UCLA's tolerance of antisemitism as April 2024 when masked demonstrators erected an encampment outside of Royce Hall and slapped, kicked, beat with sticks, doused with pepper spray, and knocked unconscious Jewish and Israeli students."
"Demonstrators also erected human phalanxes to block Jewish and Israeli students from entering campus buildings. Universities have an obligation to maintain safe and inclusive campuses for all students, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli for the Central District of California said in the press release."
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