Trump redirecting almost $500M to HBCUs

[SkyBubble]

This does not sound at all like a decision Trump would have made himself.

He did the same thing in his first term.

 

[YDB95]

He did the same thing in his first term.

The same thing may have happened, but that doesn't mean Trump himself did it.

 

[Bray123]

So that's how the Pedo gained all that support from black people.

 

[jomar]

Meanwhile…

Black communities, shaken by Trump cuts, feel ‘left behind again’​

A Washington Post analysis found 22 projects were affected, stymying progress on pollution, sewage leaks and flooding.
September 15, 2025

By Anumita Kaur and Emmanuel Felton

The Trump administration has axed nearly two dozen projects addressing health and environmental issues in Southern Black communities, a Washington Post analysis found, reversing years of work to address pollution, sewage leaks, flooding and more.

Rural Alabama counties lost a $14 million grant to upgrade sanitation systems so decrepit that some residents have contracted hookworm. A historically Black Virginia neighborhood won’t receive a $20 million grant to stop severe flooding.

In Louisiana, multiple federal efforts have been halted: a Justice Department lawsuit against a corporation accused of worsening cancer risks in a predominantly Black neighborhood; the designation of one area as a national historic landmark to limit industrialization; and grants from the Environmental Protection Agency to support monitoring air quality in “Cancer Alley,” an 80-mile stretch of mostly Black towns and villages hit hard by industrial pollution.

The Trump administration said the changes are needed to curb government spending.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/15/trump-environmental-justice-climate-health/

 

[DanOkeffie]

a black college is a racist college so no money for them

 

[ll74]

a black college is a racist college so no money for them

What?

 

[DanOkeffie]

What?

any school that is 'black' only is racist

 

[DanOkeffie]

What?

I typed that very slow, now do you understand?

 

[ll74]

I typed that very slow, now do you understand?

OK, so you don't understand what an HBCU is.

Your typing speed isn't relevant.

 

[ll74]

any school that is 'black' only is racist

They aren't black only.

 

[RobDownSouth]

He did the same thing in his first term.

I don't recall him doing any such thing, but then I don't fixate on black people like you seem to do.

 

[SkyBubble]

The same thing may have happened, but that doesn't mean Trump himself did it.

Anything to maintain your narrative.

 

[YDB95]

Anything to maintain your narrative.

But enough about you.

 

[SkyBubble]

Agan, a substance-free post based on your assumptions. Trump has done this in both terms, but because it doesn't fit your narrative, you just assume he didn't do it. Do you think aides are just doing this on his behalf?

 

[HisArpy]

Agan, a substance-free post based on your assumptions. Trump has done this in both terms, but because it doesn't fit your narrative, you just assume he didn't do it. Do you think aides are just doing this on his behalf?

It was Otto Pen. He's a sneaky sonofabitch who works in the DC swamp and no one seems to be able to fire his ass.

 

[YDB95]

Agan, a substance-free post based on your assumptions.

No, it's based on what we know about the man and how he "works" (and I use that term very loosely).

Trump has done this in both terms, but because it doesn't fit your narrative, you just assume he didn't do it.

Not because it doesn't fit my narrative, rather because it would be very, very out of character for him to give a toss about ANY institution of higher learning, but especially a historically Black one.

Do you think aides are just doing this on his behalf?

I'd bet the rent on it.

 

[Rebel5soul]

Meanwhile…

Black communities, shaken by Trump cuts, feel ‘left behind again’​

A Washington Post analysis found 22 projects were affected, stymying progress on pollution, sewage leaks and flooding.
September 15, 2025

By Anumita Kaur and Emmanuel Felton

The Trump administration has axed nearly two dozen projects addressing health and environmental issues in Southern Black communities, a Washington Post analysis found, reversing years of work to address pollution, sewage leaks, flooding and more.

Rural Alabama counties lost a $14 million grant to upgrade sanitation systems so decrepit that some residents have contracted hookworm. A historically Black Virginia neighborhood won’t receive a $20 million grant to stop severe flooding.

In Louisiana, multiple federal efforts have been halted: a Justice Department lawsuit against a corporation accused of worsening cancer risks in a predominantly Black neighborhood; the designation of one area as a national historic landmark to limit industrialization; and grants from the Environmental Protection Agency to support monitoring air quality in “Cancer Alley,” an 80-mile stretch of mostly Black towns and villages hit hard by industrial pollution.

The Trump administration said the changes are needed to curb government spending.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/15/trump-environmental-justice-climate-health/

And why is that the responsibility of the Federal government? Seriously, it's not as if VA. is tax poor. Where is the state spending it's fucking money?

 

[dkovic77]

How racist of him, huh? More proof that he hates black people, just like in his first term.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...1&cvid=68c87c92811f41fb925c7535d0dfaef6&ei=19
The Trump administration announced Monday that nearly $500 million in federal funds will be redirected to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and tribally controlled colleges and universities (TCCUs).

HBCUs and TCCUs will get a one-time investment of $495 million on top of what is going in the 2025 federal budget, totaling an increase of 48.4 percent for HBCUs and 109.3 percent for TCCUs.
Charter schools are also seeing a boost in their funding of $500 million from the Department of Education, along with American history and civics grants getting an extra $160 million investment.

The federal agency said the money is repurposed from other programs “that the Department determined are not in the best interest of students and families.”

“Today, the Department is making three massive investments — redirecting financial support away from ineffective and discriminatory programs toward those which support student success. We are proud to make the largest investment in the Charter Schools Grants Program in the Department’s history, support American history programs that will inspire young people to be active and informed citizens, and recognize Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities’ historic contributions to improving education and opportunity in our country,” said Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.

“The Department has carefully scrutinized our federal grants, ensuring that taxpayers are not funding racially discriminatory programs but those programs which promote merit and excellence in education. The Trump Administration will use every available tool to meaningfully advance educational outcomes and ensure every American has the opportunity to succeed in life,” she added.

The news comes days after McMahon said her department was ending discretionary funding to multiple Minority-Serving Institutions grant programs due to the institutions’ requirements to “meet racial or ethnic quotas.”

He’s mostly lost the Hispanic vote, needs to sure up another sector. I’m sure they will be his focus of repatriating since they don’t “look ‘Mercian”.

Always a use for the masked Gestapo.

 

[Rebel5soul]

He’s mostly lost the Hispanic vote, needs to sure up another sector. I’m sure they will be his focus of repatriating since they don’t “look ‘Mercian”.

Always a use for the masked Gestapo.

And he lost the Hispanic vote why?

 

[YDB95]

And he lost the Hispanic vote why?

Because so many of them know someone personally who got shipped off to El Salvador or Uganda simply because of the color of their skin, perhaps. That'd sure do it for me.

 

[jomar]

And why is that the responsibility of the Federal government? Seriously, it's not as if VA. is tax poor. Where is the state spending it's fucking money?

You’re not paying attention son.