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<p>A White student at <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/?s=Howard+University&;post_type=post" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Howard University</strong></a>&#8216;s law school is during the HBCU for $2 million for alleged racial discrimination while claiming the school created a &#8220;hostile education environment.&#8221;</p>
<p>The plaintiff, <strong>Michael Newman</strong>, attended Howard University School of Law starting in the fall semester of 2020 and remained there for just two years before he was expelled in September 2022, according to <a href="https://www.fox5dc.com/news/white-student-sues-howard-university-for-2-million-over-racial-discrimination" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>FOX 5 DC</strong></a>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">White Law Student Expelled From Historically Black Howard University, Now Suing For $2 Million</h3>
<p>His lawsuit is seeking the monetary damages for &#8220;pain, suffering, emotional anguish and damage to his reputation,&#8221; the outlet reports.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the school&#8217;s Vice President and Chief Communications Officer Frank Tramble claimed he can&#8217;t comment &#8220;substantively&#8221; due to the fact that the lawsuit is still pending.</p>
<p>However Tramble did tell the outlet that the university &#8220;is prepared to vigorously defend itself in this lawsuit as the claims provide a one-sided and self-serving narrative of the events leading to the end of the student’s enrollment at the University.&#8221;</p>
<p>The suit claims Newman suffered &#8220;depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts&#8221; as a result of &#8220;public ostracism, vilification and humiliation,&#8221; while citing his race as the deciding factor.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">White Student Says University&#8217;s Head Of Diversity Told Him He Was The Most Hated Student He Had Ever Seen</h3>
<p>Newman&#8217;s case against the school includes a statement allegedly made by Howard University&#8217;s Global Head of Diversity Recruiting, Reggie McGahee, who reportedly told him he was the most hated student McGahee had seen during his tenure at the university.</p>
<p>Newman claims the law school&#8217;s dean told him that White students at Howard did not face any racial discrimination, and cited Newman specifically after the former student told school administration about his reported treatment.</p>
<p>After news broke on campus regarding Newman&#8217;s accusations, students there apparently found a tweet from Newman&#8217;s private Twitter account that showed a picture of a slave with his back scarred likely from whipping, with the caption reading: &#8220;but we don’t know what he did before the picture was taken.&#8221;</p>
<h5 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/reports-says-about-seven-hbcus-including-howard-university-received-bomb-threats-on-tuesday/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RELATED: REPORT SAYS SEVEN HCBUs &#8211; INCLUDING HOWARD UNIVERSITY &#8211; RECEIVED BOMB THREATS</a></h5>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Discrimination Allegedly Really Became A Problem After School Shifted To Remote Learning During COVID</h3>
<p>Newman stated the tweet was made in jest, in an effort to mock those who &#8220;attempt to explain away videos of police brutality by claiming the victim must have committed wrongdoing before the video started,&#8221; according to the lawsuit.</p>
<p>Students allegedly responded with comments regarding his race, gender, sexual preference, age and personal appearance, the outlet reports.</p>
<p>Newman says the reported discrimination issue really came to the forefront after the school shifted to remote learning at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, after a comment he made regarding Black voters:</p>
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<blockquote><p>&#8220;Whether: Black voters didn’t question turning to government for solutions, and reliably voting for the same party every election disincentivized both parties from responding to the needs of the black communities,&#8221; the comment in question allegedly read.</p></blockquote>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">White Howard Student Criticized By Fellow Students For Racially Insensitive Tweet, Classroom Comments</h3>
<p>A handful of students took issue with Newman&#8217;s post, and brought it to the attention of school administrators. That led to Newman being removed from the class&#8217;s group chats, according to the lawsuit.</p>
<p>Newman went on to say he was &#8220;utterly disenfranchised&#8221; at the university and even compared himself to a Black student at a mostly White university, once again drawing ire from his fellow students, who called his comment &#8220;offensive.&#8221;</p>
<p>Despite efforts to remedy and apologize for the situation, Newman says his supposed mistreatment remained the same.</p>
<p>He says that apology was not well-received, with his fellow students starting to refer to him as &#8220;mayo king&#8221; (a reference to the color of his skin and/or the trope that only White people enjoy mayonnaise,) as well as &#8220;white panther,&#8221; his lawsuit claims.</p>
<p>Newman says he appealed his expulsion from Howard, however a second review panel reportedly reached the same conclusion.</p>
<p>Attorneys representing Newman filed the suit in federal court, and will likely try to prove the school broke its contract with Newman, according to FOX 5 DC.</p>
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