UNC’s Fellowship for Exploring Research in Nutrition originally claimed students must be a "Racial/ethnic background of [BIPOC] that is historically marginalized in academia and the field of nutrition in the United States" to be considered, according to a Dec. 19 snapshot of the website. However, the current website appears to have removed the criteria from the list.
The fellowship also updated its mission by claiming that it seeks to "enhance" rather than "increase" diversity in the nutrition field. The revised mission clarifies that the fellowship is open to all undergraduate students and includes "those from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related research."
"Obesity disproportionately impacts Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and other historically marginalized communities; yet people from these communities are traditionally underrepresented among researchers working to develop, research, and evaluate food and nutrition policies to address obesity," the website reads. "Increased representation in food policy research is critical for developing effective, equitable, comprehensive, and culturally competent policies that address nutrition-related health disparities."
Do No Harm Senior Fellow Mark Perry filed his Dec. 19 complaint with the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on the basis that UNC’s program discriminated against non-BIPOC students. He claimed that the eligibility standard violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits race-based discrimination.
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