Arkansas health agency ends scholarship that excluded white students after lawsuit

The Arkansas Minority Health Commission has ended a scholarship program that excluded white students to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Do No Harm, a group of health professionals working against discriminatory DEI policies. The lawsuit, filed in mid-April, challenged the constitutionality of the scholarship sponsored by the commission that limited eligibility based on race, according to the attorney general of Arkansas. Attorney General Tim Griffin stated in a May 8 news release said: “To settle the lawsuit, the commission agreed it will no longer offer the scholarship and will not reinstate it with limitations for eligibility based on race. As a general matter, under the U.S. Constitution, the government cannot treat its citizens differently based on their race.” The scholarship awarded $1,000 to full-time students and $500 to part-time students, the Washington Examiner reported, adding the 2023 scholarship “awarded a total of $27,500 to 29 students studying a…