The same panel also decided that Kamala Harris lost because she’s a woman, but this is Oregon after all.
The College Fix reports:
Oregon State U. panel concludes Trump will be bad for minorities, Harris lost because she’s a womanThree Oregon State University faculty members said many of President-elect Donald Trump’s policies will harm black Americans and that Kamala Harris lost votes in the election because she’s a woman at a recent panel discussion.Christopher Stout, an associate professor of political science at OSU, said that while voters were unlikely to admit in surveys that Harris’s gender played a role in their decision, women’s perceived lack of decisiveness contributed to her loss.“Women are seen as being less decisive than their male counterparts,” Stout said during the Jan. 9 event titled “Panel Discussion on the Implications of Donald Trump’s 2024 Election for African Americans in the United States.”He also said the race’s focus on the economy hurt Harris because women are “perceived as being weaker on economic issues.”Stout said this stereotype stems from the frequency of male politicians discussing economic issues on television. Economic concerns also played a significant role in minority men shifting their support toward Trump in 2024 compared to 2020, he said.This discussion about the factors influencing Harris’s loss transitioned into a broader analysis of the potential implications of Trump’s 2024 election victory.Tenisha Tevis, an associate professor of education at OSU, said Trump’s desire to reform or eliminate the Department of Education would jeopardize important provisions such as Title IX and Title VI, which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex and race, respectively. She said eliminating the department would increase disparities across the nation by leaving the role of education to the states.Tevis also said Trump may push for more restrictive student loan rules and potential cuts to Pell Grants, a type of federal financial aid. Citing the fact that almost 60 percent of black students are eligible for Pell Grants, Tevis called cuts to the system a “direct hit to black communities.”
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