# Top California university’s tired obsession with race in the legal crosshairs — again

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/top-california-universitys-tired-obsession-with-race-in-the-legal-crosshairs-again/
- Published: 2026-11-06T02:08:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T02:21:43+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/05/opinion/uc-berkeleys-obsession-with-race-in-the-legal-crosshairs-again/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Federal officials are investigating five Berkeley programmes and scholarships.
- The complaint alleges they may discriminate by race.
- The article calls for university opportunities to be open to all.

## Summary

The US Department of Education is investigating UC Berkeley over three student programmes and two scholarships, following a complaint alleging they may favour students on the basis of race. The opinion article argues that Berkeley should make the programmes open to all students and says the probe highlights a wider dispute over race-conscious policies at California universities.

The complaint, filed in February by the Legal Insurrection Foundation, names the African American Student Development Office, Black Resource Center, Latinx Student Resource Center, African American Initiative Scholarship and Lloyd A. Edwards Scholarship. The article cites California’s Proposition 209, the rejection of Proposition 16 in 2020 and the US Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against race-based university admissions preferences. It also says Berkeley has faced other federal civil rights investigations, including findings about its law school’s admissions practices in 2024 and 2025.

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