Federal law prohibits university placement offices from discriminating against a person because of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin, or from classifying or referring for employment any individual on the basis of his or her race, color, religion, or national origin. But the University of Michigan’s “University Career Center” advertised Morgan Stanley “internship opportunities [solely] for Black, Hispanic, Native American, and LGBT students,” with an application date of January 22, 2017.
America First Legal (AFL) has asked the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to investigate Morgan Stanley, a global investment firm, and the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, and Federal Student Aid, to investigate Princeton, Harvard, and the University of Michigan, for violating federal civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, national origin, or sex.
Morgan Stanley operates, and the named institutions of higher education promote, a training and apprenticeship program called the “Freshman Enhancement Program.” The program, aimed at “rising sophomores” includes “valuable training” and an “opportunity to interview” as a “Summer Analyst.” Federal law expressly prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin “in admission to, or employment in, any program established to provide apprenticeship or other training.” However, Morgan Stanley limits admission to “Black, Hispanic, Native American, and/or LGBTQ+ freshman undergraduate student[s]”, excluding whites, Asians, heterosexuals, and all others.
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