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    Das Underground Railroad Museum verklagt die Trump-Regierung mit der Behauptung, sie habe die Förderung aufgrund der Rasse gestrichen


    Das Underground Railroad Museum verklagt die Trump-Regierung mit der Behauptung, sie habe die Förderung aufgrund der Rasse gestrichen

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/underground-railroad-museum-lawsuit-trump-grant-canceled-dei-diversity-rcna264586

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    1. B-Z_B-S on

      Well, *that* should be a pretty easy lawsuit for the museum to win, since the administration has basically admitted to doing that by issuing statements against ‚DEI‘, AKA Black people and women.

    2. Historical_Bend_2629 on

      Uh, I think they have a case. Fucking racist bigoted ass trying erase history.

    3. McCoy818 on

      canceling a grant to an underground railroad museum is the kind of thing you couldnt write into a dystopian novel because the editor would say its too on the nose

    4. brain_overclocked on

      >The Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany, New York, alleges that the National Endowment for the Humanities’ cancelation of a $250,000 grant amounted to viewpoint and racial discrimination, violating the First and Fifth Amendments, respectively.

      >The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, calls for the funds to be reinstated.

      >The suit cited Trump’s January 2025 executive order that required federal agencies to eliminate any operations supporting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within 60 days. The 40-page brief outlined 1,400 grants that were terminated in early April 2025 “for their conflict with President Trump’s EOs and the new agency priorities adopted in their wake.”

      >Nina Loewenstein, a lawyer for the museum, told NBC News that there is “just no legitimate basis” for the grant’s cancellation, adding that it is “just explicitly erasing things associated with the Black race.”

      >Loewenstein and the team of lawyers volunteering on the case through Lawyers for Good Government, an organization that provides free legal services for civil and human rights cases, argued that the Underground Railroad Education Center is just one of thousands of organizations that have been unlawfully targeted by the Trump administration.

      >“Numerous statements of the current Executive Branch leadership reflect overt and coded racism supporting white supremacy and denigrating Black history in America,” the lawsuit said.

      >It added that the administration “systematically targeted grantees and programs that sought to increase the public’s understanding of Black history and cultures.”

    7. lonestar-rasbryjamco on

      Just wait. Their defense is 100% going to be that the process was too incompetent to be racist.

    8. CLT-vagabond on

      I guess they want that money for a Whites only museum, since it’s bad to celebrate Black history

    9. PaShineKaSir on

      „We’re not erasing history, we’re just… removing the financial incentive for history to exist.“ — Some press secretary, probably.

    10. Gay_Giraffe_1773 on

      SCOTUS: „And…..? Sounds reasonable to me!“

      Signed – Clarence Thomas

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