Justice Department threatens investigation into university professors' BIPOC-only geology camp

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon threatened a Justice Department investigation into reports of a Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) outdoors camp hosted by public university professors after it faced backlash on Tuesday.Dhillon responded to a video shared by the Libs of TikTok X account, which appeared to have been deleted from YouTube and other social media, featuring two Central Washington University (CWU) faculty members promoting an upcoming geology retreat that appears to be catering exclusively to a race-restricted minority."So is this open to everybody? Not really," CWU senior lecturer Nick Zentner said in the video shared on X, which was edited as evidenced by the abrupt cut-off after he said "not really." "But there’s a growing number of people who are younger and are from much more diverse backgrounds who typically don’t go to those events for a bunch of reasons.So this is a BIPOC community event."TRUMP ADMIN WANTS TO STOP ILLINOIS CITY'S REPARATIONS EFFORT FOR 'SIMPLY HANDING OUT MONEY BASED ON RACE'Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon responded to a video of two university faculty members promoting a BIPOC camping event.

(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)CWU assistant professor of geology Hannah Shamloo also promoted the organization hosting the event, the Bronze Chapter, and celebrated its efforts "to increase the participation of BIPOC members in the outdoors.""Historically, members of BIPOC haven’t had the same opportunities for safe engagement with the outdoors, and so Nick and I are here to really extend a warm welcome and encouragement to members of BIPOC to come join us and engage with the geology that we love so much," Shamloo said.TRUMP ADMINISTRATION VOWS TO STOP REPARATIONS PROGRAMS, ACCUSES OFFICIALS OF 'VIRTUE SIGNALING' TO GET 'VOTES'In a comment to Fox News Digital, Central Washington University denied any affiliation with the camp or retreat, though it expressed support for the faculty member...