Republican Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.) and Kelly Loeffler (Ga.) are calling on the Justice Department to investigate the “alarming trend of apparent racial segregation” in American schools, especially on college campuses.
In an Oct. 22 letter, Cotton and Loeffler urged U.S. Attorney General William Barr to investigate a number of colleges and universities for allegedly hosting racially segregated events. The senators cited two recent cases in particular, saying they appeared to be violating Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in federally sponsored programs.
