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Republican prosecutors target corporate diversity programmes

Author:     Azadeh Moshiri
Source:     BBC News
Publication Date:     21 July 2023
 Link: Republican prosecutors target corporate diversity programmes
Stephan:  

I am so tired of these stories and these trends. The sheer racist nastiness of the Republican Party, the never ending efforts to keep people of color second class. I wish the United States had more positive trends, but it is up to us, and as a people, at least a large segment of the population just doesn’t seem to be willing to make the effort.

The letter names Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, which is owned by Meta, Netflix, Uber and others

More than a dozen Republican state prosecutors have threatened the top 100 US companies with legal action over workforce diversity programmes.

They warned corporate targets like “race-based quotas” may be unlawful after the Supreme Court banned colleges using affirmative action in admissions.

The Republican attorneys general name firms like Apple, Microsoft and Uber.

They say “treating people differently because of the color of their skin, even for benign purposes, is unlawful”.

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach led the effort and signed the letter alongside 11 other attorneys general.

Among the other Fortune 100 companies named in the letter are the likes of Facebook, Airbnb, Paypal, Google, Netflix and Uber.

In a statement shared with the BBC, Mr Skrmetti said “the [Supreme] Court’s reasoning means that companies, no matter their motivation, cannot treat people differently based on the color of their skin.

“Corporate America continues to have many avenues to help disadvantaged people and communities of all races without resorting to crude racial line-drawing.”

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