Varney (00:04): The University of Nebraska Lincoln was just hit with a civil rights complaint. It’s over a program for black filmmakers. William Jacobson is the Cornell University law professor and joins me now. Professor, is it legit that a university in America today has a program specifically for black filmmakers? Is that okay with you?
WAJ (00:28): No, it’s not okay. And that’s why we have filed a complaint over it, because this is a program which is racially exclusionary. You can only apply for it if you are a black filmmaker. If you just reverse the roles, if they had a program that was only for white filmmakers, it would be a national story. It would be outrage everywhere. But for some reason, universities seem to think discrimination is okay, depending which direction it targets.
Varney (00:54): It seems like we’re trying to end all racial preferences, whether it’s in corporations or colleges or high schools or wherever. Is that your goal?