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Betsy DeVos' Civil Rights Chief: "90 Percent" of Campus Rape Claims Are Bogus
Betsy DeVos’ Civil Rights Chief Said “90 Percent” of Campus Rape Claims Are Bogus. The Backlash Was Swift.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/07/betsy-devos-civil-rights-chief-said-90-percent-of-campus-rape-claims-are-bogus-the-backlash-was-swift/
On Monday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) called on Betsy DeVos to remove the Education Department’s acting civil rights chief for her “callous, insensitive, and egregious” comments about campus sexual assaults and her rollbacks of civil rights enforcement.
Candice Jackson, the official in question, told the New York Times last week that “90 percent” of campus assault accusations “fall into the category of ‘we were both drunk,’ ‘we broke up, and six months later I found myself under a Title IX investigation because she just decided that our last sleeping together was not quite right.'” Jackson, who once complained that she faced discrimination because she was white, later apologized for her remarks at a listening session with sexual assault survivors—which included students accused of sexual assault, a men’s rights group, and university officials.
In a statement, Sen. Murray said Jackson’s remarks, despite the apology, “crossed a serious line and highlighted her clear biases in this area in a way that, to me and many women and men across the country, should disqualify her from service.”
“This is the last straw,” Murray wrote, “it is not my only concern.”
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/07/betsy-devos-civil-rights-chief-said-90-percent-of-campus-rape-claims-are-bogus-the-backlash-was-swift/
On Monday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) called on Betsy DeVos to remove the Education Department’s acting civil rights chief for her “callous, insensitive, and egregious” comments about campus sexual assaults and her rollbacks of civil rights enforcement.
Candice Jackson, the official in question, told the New York Times last week that “90 percent” of campus assault accusations “fall into the category of ‘we were both drunk,’ ‘we broke up, and six months later I found myself under a Title IX investigation because she just decided that our last sleeping together was not quite right.'” Jackson, who once complained that she faced discrimination because she was white, later apologized for her remarks at a listening session with sexual assault survivors—which included students accused of sexual assault, a men’s rights group, and university officials.
In a statement, Sen. Murray said Jackson’s remarks, despite the apology, “crossed a serious line and highlighted her clear biases in this area in a way that, to me and many women and men across the country, should disqualify her from service.”
“This is the last straw,” Murray wrote, “it is not my only concern.”
Previously...
Apr. 3, 2017 5:20 pm
A conservative legal activist known for defending the women who accused President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment has been tapped to head the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights on a temporary basis.
http://reason.com/blog/2017/04/03/report-new-head-of-federal-anti-sexual-a
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