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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:12 PM Tuesday

Trump administration freezes $108 million for Duke Health after accusing university of 'systemic racial discrimination'

The Trump administration has frozen $108 million in federal funding for Duke Health, according to a senior administration official, after asserting a day earlier it was investigating “systemic racial discrimination” in the university’s healthcare system.

The federal funding encompasses Duke University School of Medicine and the overall health research and health care system at Duke.

The freeze, first reported by Fox News, comes one day after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent a letter to top Duke officials expressing concerns about “racial preferences in hiring, student admissions, governance, patient care, and other operations.” Those officials included Duke University President Vincent Price, board Chairman Adam Silver, and Duke Medicine Dean Mary Klotman.

The letter states that the administration has been made aware of allegations that Duke University and Duke Health are not in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race and nationality in programs receiving federal funding. It calls for Duke Health to “review all policies and practices … for the illegal use of race preferences.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-freezes-108-million-192808219.html

Meaning rightfully, Duke believes the healthcare field should reflect the diversity of the American population.

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And by "Systemic racial discrimination" Bettie Tuesday #1

Bettie

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1. And by "Systemic racial discrimination"
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:26 PM
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they mean: "they treat some people who aren't white, that's discrimination against the white folks who want a white-only healthcare system".

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