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Edward Blum's American Alliance for Equal Rights filed a complaint against Fearless Fund in early August .
The group accuses the venture capital firm of discriminating against other races in offering a grant program solely to Black businesswomen.
The lawsuit is a symbol of an active conservative legal assault bolstered, in part, by the Supreme Court's June decision.
Fearless Fund sought a reversal of the October preliminary injunction suspending the operation of their grant program through the duration of the lawsuit.
The firm's appeal in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Miami is still pending.
The case is likely to wind up before the Supreme Court .
Johnson expects to see a spike in legal challenges to race-conscious programs or efforts to address racial inequality over the next few years .
The groups behind these suits are "ignoring" the baseline conditions of racial and gender discrimination in various sectors, he said.
Russell : "Challenges are not just legal challenges. They are very much rhetorical challenges to try to change public perceptions of what racial equality means".
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