legal challenges to workplace diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives (1 Viewer)

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Seems like in recent times, workplace diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have come under attack from right-wing sources.
Some have even claimed it is racist to have these policies

one example (headed by Stephen Miller):

America First Legal Blasts the NFL’s Illegal and Racist “Rooney Rule,” Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a federal civil rights complaint against the National Football League (NFL) for violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and engaging in race and sex discrimination. America First Legal also sent a letter to the NFL...

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The Rooney Rule interview policy is in clear violation of civil rights law which prohibits hiring practices that limit, segregate, or classify applicants for employment because of race, color, and/or sex. America First Legal is unrelenting in its fight to dismantle the DEI industrial complex that cuts at the heart of equality.

 

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TLDR; it has made things a lot harder for a certain segment of students

When DEI is gone: A look at the fallout at one Texas university

Students at the University of Texas-Austin have been in mourning as they watched the impact of anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) legislation on their campus.

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