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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.
…
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
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boat
builder
who
is
learning
to
swim
and
is
interested
in
rhetoric,
Spinozists
and
humor.
Getting
back
in
to
cycling
wouldn’t
hurt
either.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.