The Left is hoping Walz will help boost Kamala Harris’s chances at winning the presidency. But those hopes may are about to be squashed.
As Tim Walz’s racist past has been exposed in a new shocking report.
Democrats are constantly accusing the Right of being racist. It’s pretty much one of their go-to attacks these days.
But of course that attack is filled with no substance or validity. Meanwhile, while the Left claims Republicans are racists, they’re actually the ones supporting discriminatory policies based on a person’s racial identity.
And Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz has recently been exposed as one of the worst offenders of discrimination after it was discovered that he supported a racist law as governor of Minnesota.
Walz’s Discriminatory Past Unearthed
A recent civil rights complaint has brought attention to a Minnesota state law that allegedly discriminates against white students aspiring to become educators.
According to the complaint obtained by the New York Post, Democratic Vice Presidential nominee and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz approved a law that restricts access to a “teachers of color” scholarship program based solely on race. The law has sparked accusations of violating civil rights laws, with critics claiming it unfairly excludes white students.
The scholarship in question, the “Aspiring Teachers of Color Scholarship” program, offers up to $25,000 per student. It is designed to support those with financial need who also “belong to a racial or ethnic group underrepresented in the state’s teacher workforce,” according to a statement from the governor’s office in June.
However, the Equal Protection Project (EPP), a civil rights organization, has taken issue with the program. On Monday, they filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, accusing the Walz administration of discriminatory practices that breach Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
“The Minnesota Aspiring Teachers of Color Scholarship openly discriminates based on race and skin color,” said William Jacobson, founder of the EPP and clinical law professor at Cornell University. “Regardless of the intention, such discrimination is wrong and unlawful under both federal and state law.”
Administered by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE) on behalf of Governor Walz, the program aims to address the underrepresentation of Black, Hispanic, Asian, and other ethnic minorities in the state’s teaching workforce.
“The Equal Protection Project calls on Governor Walz to use his executive authority to end racial discrimination by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education regarding the Aspiring Teachers of Color Scholarship, which he signed into law and funded,” Jacobson added. He emphasized that “All Minnesota students have a constitutional and statutory right to be treated equally without regard to race or skin color.”
The EPP’s complaint also suggests that the program may face legal challenges following last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which declared race-based affirmative action policies at colleges and universities unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment and federal civil rights laws.
“There is no ‘good’ form of racism, and the remedy for racism is not more racism,” Jacobson said, echoing Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion from that case.
Despite the legal concerns, the program has already benefited over 200 students, with the majority of the recipients being Black, Hispanic, or Asian, according to data from the OHE cited in the complaint.
This is not the first time the EPP has taken action against race-based education programs. Previously, the organization filed similar complaints against programs run by the New York State Education Department, Fordham University, and the State University of New York campuses in Albany and Buffalo.
In a related case, the University of Minnesota last year backed down from enforcing racial criteria for a summer program that barred white students from participating.
When asked about the current complaint, Walz spokesman Keith Hovis said the governor’s office had not yet received any formal documentation. He declined to comment further, citing ongoing investigations and potential litigation.
The Federalist Wire will keep you updated on any developments related to this story.
