A Federal Judge Just Blocked Another One of Biden's Racist Schemes

A federal judge in Texas has blocked a U.S. Commerce Department agency's program designed to help minority business owners on the grounds that it deliberately excludes white people.

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman was the result of a lawsuit against the Minority Business Development Agency, which hands out grants and other forms of support to businesses so long as their owners are not white.

Pittman wrote in his ruling:

Plaintiffs hail from different states and have different circumstances,backgrounds, and businesses. But they have much in common: they all worked hard to get where they are, they all overcame obstacles inpursuit of the American Dream, they all care deeply for their businesses,and they all wanted—but couldn’t obtain—assistance from the same federal program. They’re also all white, a salient detail in this case.

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As its name suggests, the MBDA doesn’t serve “all American business enterprises,” but rather “all American minority business enterprises.” But even that’s not the whole picture. The Agency uses a codified list of preferred races/ethnicities to determine who gets benefits and who doesn’t. The Agency presumes anyone from the listedgroups is “socially or economically disadvantaged” and is thus entitled to services. Anyone outside those groups—white or otherwise—is presumptively not disadvantaged and thus not entitled to benefits.

The judge added that such a state of affairs represented a blatant violation of constitutional rights:

The MBDA advertises services exclusively for some races but not others. While the Agency’s work may help alleviate opportunity gaps faced by MBEs [minority business enterprises], two wrongs do not make a right. And the MBDA’s racial presumption is a wrong.

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If courts mean what they say when they ascribe supreme importance to constitutional rights, the federal government may not flagrantly violate such rights with impunity. The MBDA has done so for years. Time’s up.

The lawsuit was originally brought by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on behalf of three entrepreneurs from Florida, Texas, and Wisconsin who sought assistance from the agency but were turned away because of their skin color.

As it turns out, the three entrepreneurs were all from diverse backgrounds. They include Dr. Jeffrey Nuziard, a veteran and CEO of Sexual Wellness Centers of America; Christian Bruckner, a disabled man who fled Romania in the 1970s and owner of a federal contracting business; and Matthew Piper, the owner of an architectural firm in Wisconsin who grew up in "extreme poverty" in Colorado.

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The agency was created in 1969 as part of the Minority Business Development Act. According to its website, it provides services to "businesses owned and operated by socially or economically disadvantaged individuals, including African Americans, Asian Americans, Hasidic Jews, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders."

Among its pilot projects include 'Entrepreneurship in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Communities (AIANNH),' 'Enterprising Women of Color' and 'Entrepreneurship at Minority Colleges and Universities.'

Moving forward, the agency will continue to exist but will not be allowed to discriminate on the grounds of race. Yet, now that its primary purpose has been ripped away from it, do not be surprised if Democrats decide to turn off the money taps at the soonest opportunity.

Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct the founding date of the MBDA; it was "originally established as the Office of Minority Business Enterprise by President Richard M. Nixon on March 5, 1969." We regret the error.