{"id":1663,"date":"2026-06-10T16:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2026-06-10T16:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:07:04","slug":"civil-rights-complaint-says-hhs-scholarship-for-hawaiian-natives-violates-federal-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1663","title":{"rendered":"Civil rights complaint says HHS scholarship for Hawaiian natives violates federal laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A Department of Health and Human Services scholarship is illegally paying for indigenous Hawaiians to earn healthcare degrees, according to a complaint filed with the agency\u2019s Office of Civil Rights.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1661\">Bill Gates says Epstein dangled knowledge of marital affairs to force engagement with sex trafficker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The federal agency launched the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program in 1991 \u201cto increase representation of Native Hawaiian health professionals dedicated to serving the needs of Native Hawaiian Communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The complaint from the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation notes the program has awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in full-ride college scholarships to more than 300 \u201caboriginal descendants\u201d studying to become doctors, nurses, dentists, psychologists, dietitians, social workers and physician assistants.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint argues these provisions violate Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act, which forbids excluding applicants from government programs \u201con the ground of race, color, or national origin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wenyuan Wu, the foundation\u2019s executive director, said they also violate the 14th Amendment\u2019s equal protection clause by requiring students to \u201ccheck a race or ancestry box\u201d to receive federal aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am hopeful the federal government will find the program unconstitutional and discriminatory,\u201d Ms. Wu said in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Activists founded the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation in San Diego in 2020 to promote \u201cequal rights and merit\u201d after voters upheld the state\u2019s ban on affirmative action.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Gail Heriot, the foundation\u2019s executive vice president, said federal law allows special benefits for minorities only under \u201chighly unusual circumstances\u201d of discrimination that don\u2019t apply to aboriginal Hawaiians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal government has somewhat more leeway when dealing with Indian tribes than it does with racial or ethnic groups,\u201d said Ms. Heriot, a former independent member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. \u201cBut because Native Hawaiians have always been part of the political mainstream in Hawaii and did not maintain separate governing structures, they are not considered a tribe for this purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HHS confirmed it was looking into the complaint in a June 1 letter that the foundation shared with The Washington Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will inform you of the results of our review as soon as possible,\u201d Jamie Rahn Ballay, a regional manager, wrote to Ms. Wu.<\/p>\n<p>The letter came four days after the agency opened an investigation into a similar complaint about three Biden-era healthcare training grant programs open only to minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1659\">Muslim Brotherhood backer Qatar indoctrinating your children<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Rahn Ballay confirmed in a May 28 letter to the Equal Protection Project that the agency was probing the three fellowships for violating Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which bans racial preferences in federal healthcare programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2019A slam-dunk case\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Biden Health and Human Services Department launched the grants in September 2024 to steer $5.7 million toward training Black, Hispanic and indigenous students as counselors and social workers.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint noted that $2.77 million was already awarded, mostly under President Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n<p>Cornell University law professor William Jacobson founded the Equal Protection Project to promote colorblind civil rights policies in 2023 \u2014 the same year the Supreme Court struck down racial preferences in college admissions.<\/p>\n<p>He has argued in dozens of civil rights complaints for extending the high court\u2019s logic to decades of federal grant programs that steer taxpayer money to minorities underrepresented in lucrative degree programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s clear the federal government should not be able to hand out grants based on race,\u201d Mr. Jacobson said in a recent phone interview.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Ilya Shapiro, a libertarian constitutional law expert at the Manhattan Institute, praised the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation for highlighting another violation of this legal principle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis seems to be a slam-dunk case,\u201d Mr. Shapiro said in an email.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has canceled countless grant programs throughout the federal government that Democrats long insisted were necessary to ensure equal representation in education and the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump reversed two of former President Joseph R. Biden\u2019s executive orders calling for such programs shortly after returning to office in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Racial justice advocates have pushed back on this interpretation of U.S. civil rights law for ignoring social structures that have benefited White men for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe manner in which these organizations and politicians are using civil rights legislation to overturn projects rooted in civil rights and equality is disgusting,\u201d Omekongo Dibinga, a professor of intercultural communications affiliated with American University\u2019s Antiracist Research and Policy Center, said Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1658\">Bill Gates \u2018glad\u2019 to testify about Epstein ties in closed-door House panel hearing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Department of Health and Human Services scholarship is illegally paying for indigenous Hawaiians to earn healthcare degrees, according to a complaint filed with the agency&#8217;s Office of Civil Rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,6],"tags":[1178,1176,1177],"class_list":["post-1663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news","tag-californians-for-equal-rights-foundation","tag-department-of-health-and-human-services","tag-native-hawaiian-health-scholarship-program"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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