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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn't UVA violate federal discrimination law because of DEI? What is the point of this, more wasted money to show they are fighting Trump, despite the entire state and country agreeing that DEI is discriminatory? [/quote]

Yes, absolutely UVA policies violated federal law, including the Civil Rights Act.

This fact cannot be challenged.  Ryan resigned due to his desire to continue violating federal law.

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No, they did not. This cynical attack on civil rights by twisting the Civil Rights Act is beyond the pale. Sort of like using Title IX (which these mouth-breathing knuckle-draggers opposed at the time) to attack trans people.

The mindset of conservatives is so vile and evil. [/quote]

The situation is more complicated than saying UVA “violated federal law” or, on the other side, that this is simply a conservative attack on civil rights. [b]The facts show that the federal Department of Justice under the Biden administration opened the investigations into UVA’s DEI-related practices.[/b] These inquiries began long before Trump was elected and were conducted under existing civil-rights statutes, not new partisan interpretations. The result was a formal agreement in October 2025 requiring UVA to make adjustments and submit quarterly compliance reports through 2028. Importantly, the agreement did not declare UVA guilty; it explicitly states that UVA denied liability and was entering the agreement to resolve concerns and protect its federal funding. President Ryan’s resignation was framed around the risk of an extended fight with the federal government and the potential impact on the university, not a personal desire to continue breaking the law.

At the same time, it is also not accurate to dismiss the federal scrutiny as a “twisting” of civil-rights law by conservatives. The investigation, the compliance demands, and the Board’s earlier decision to dissolve the standalone DEI office all took place during the Biden DOJ, under standard civil-rights enforcement. That removes the claim that this was a right-wing political invention. The dispute isn’t about who is “evil” or “vile” but about how certain DEI structures intersect with long-standing federal requirements tied to funding. The record shows federal concern existed regardless of which party was in power, and UVA made changes in response to that.[/quote]

Interested in your source for these “facts.” It’s true that Youngkin’s appointees on the BOV long had it out for Ryan, and it wouldn’t surprise me that they were making complaints to the DOJ during the Biden administration, but where’s the evidence that there were active investigations under Biden?[/quote]

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