I Signed One. Did You?

When you start out in a job you are giving a mound of paperwork to read and usually one them is a non-discrimination policies.

The growing battle over corporate diversity practices, explained

The recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in college admissions emboldened objectors to corporate DEI practices. Here’s what might change.

Washington Post

By Taylor Telford

October 2, 2023

When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions in June, the effects ricocheted far beyond academia. In recent months, a flurry of litigation has aimed to translate the court’s race-blind stance on education to corporate diversity and inclusion policies.

Companies have long tried to eliminate inequality in their ranks, in part by encouraging the hiring and promotion of women and racial minorities. But recent lawsuits claim those efforts perpetuate discrimination on the basis of race and gender — the very injustice they claim to stamp out.

I don’t know about you but those statements that you had to sign didn’t say we are hiring more Balck or minorities, they just said that we will hire the best person for the job.

Conservative politicians and advocacy groups also have been challenging DEI practices. For example, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has barred spending on DEI at public colleges and universities in his state, declaring “Florida is where ‘woke’ goes to die.”

In July, 13 Republican attorneys general sent a letter urging Microsoft and other Fortune 100 companies to reexamine their DEI policies in response to the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. The letter threatened “serious legal consequences” for companies that rely on race-based employment preferences, including “explicit racial quotas and preferences in hiring, recruiting, retention, promotion and advancement.”

These Republicans confuse discriminating with teaching diversity.

In recent months, a steady trickle of lawsuits and decisions has challenged the legality of DEI policies and practices in the workplace. A few have been filed by the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER), a group founded by conservative activist Edward Blum, who was behind the cases that culminated in the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions.

There is a large network of conservative legal organizations that brings these lawsuits against us.