With the Mellon emerging faculty leaders and other programs, Mellon support continues well into a professor's career. Mellon grantees often signal their discriminatory intent. A University of Virginia grant proposal notes that Mellon's $5 million gift would go towards, quote, advancing our goal of doubling the number of faculty of color at UVA by 2030. A University of Oregon proposal promises a special postdoctoral fellowship to establish a pipeline for, quote, black, indigenous and people of color bipoc in the professoriate. (18:41–18:55)
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Asserts that the University of Virginia aims to double its faculty of color by 2030 with Mellon's funding.
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