Suing a Historically Black University for discrimination during Black History Month is about as bad taste as a white rapper claiming that his sound got “Blacker” and releasing an R&B album called Monica. Unfortunately both of those things actually happened.
We covered Michael Newman’s discrimination suit against Howard after he was expelled in 2022. He alleged that the school was a hostile education environment, pointing to getting kicked from group chats and his hurt feelings as proof. And sure, while the school’s Global Head of Diversity Recruiting told Newman that he was “the most hated student he’s seen during his tenure at the university,” it may have had more to do with Newman posting a tweet victim blaming a beaten slave than with irrational mistreatment due to his skin color.
The fact pattern is full of deep sigh moments, but Newman was confident enough in his case that he took it to court. Said case was recently kicked to the curb. Reuters has coverage:
A federal judge on Wednesday threw out discrimination and breach of contract claims brought against Washington, D.C.’s Howard University Law School by a white law student who was expelled from the historically Black institution in 2022.
Judge Trevor McFadden of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia tossed most of the case by plaintiff Michael Newman but allowed the lawsuit to proceed on two claims of defamation against former Howard law dean Danielle Holley, who is now president of Mount Holyoke College.
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The evidence “shows that Newman failed to rank in the top half of his class because he struggled academically,” not because of any conspiracy against him by administrators, McFadden wrote in his opinion.
Sucks to suck I guess. His time would have been better spent studying instead of politely asking why Black voters don’t leave the democrat plantation on a symposium forum where everyone else could see it. Remember: law school is a professional school, but it is also high school. Being crappy will get people to talk bad about you; suing them and the school over it just validates their mockery.
Ball up top.
Howard University Defeats White Law Student’s Discrimination Claims [Reuters]
Earlier: ‘Ally’ Sues Howard Law For $2M During Black History Month, Alleging Racial Discrimination
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