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  1. US judge refuses to block venture capital fund's grants for #BlackWomen

    A #federal #judge in #Atlanta on Tues rejected a bid by the #AntiAffirmativeAction activist behind the successful #SCOTUS challenge to #race-conscious #CollegeAdmissions policies to bar a small #VentureCapital fund (#VC) from awarding #grants to businesses run by #Black #women.

    reuters.com/legal/us-judge-ref

  2. CW: Long thread/49

    One way this plays out is in the surreal, vicious fights over #CollegeAdmissions.

    It's only been a minute since the #VarsityBlues scandal erupted: wealthy parents (including some celebrities) bribed college officials to pretend that nepobabies and failsons were elite athletes, letting them ooze into top college slots reserved for sports prodigies (slots that often represent the only chance for poor teens of color to enter these universities):

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_

    49/