Justice Department Threatens Probe of Aug. 21 CWU-Linked BIPOC Geology Camp
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 7
Justice Department Threatens Probe of Aug. 21 CWU-Linked BIPOC Geology Camp
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 7
Summary
Harmeet Dhillon, the DOJ's civil rights chief, threatened an investigation after backlash over a geology retreat promoted by two Central Washington University faculty members as a BIPOC community event.
A now-deleted video showed senior lecturer Nick Zentner saying the camp was not really open to everybody, while professor Hannah Shamloo said it aimed to increase BIPOC participation in the outdoors.
Central Washington University said it has no financial or other involvement in the Aug. 21-23 Rock and Role event, which is hosted by nonprofit group the Bronze Chapter, but backed the faculty members' outside volunteer work.
The camp's website describes it as a POC-centering geology sleepover and offers BIPOC and mixed-race family sponsorships, even though it does not explicitly state a race bar.