Posted on 08/25/2023 6:44:16 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The largest newspaper publisher in the United States, Gannett Co Inc., was sued on Friday for discriminating against its White employees in the name of increasing diversity.
According to the Washington Free Beacon, the class action lawsuit was filed in a Virginia federal court by five former and current employees of Gannett, all of whom say that they were either fired or ignored for promotions in order to increase the number of women and non-White employees at the company.
These hiring decisions were made due to a policy first implemented in 2020, which Gannett said was designed to make its newsrooms reflect the ethnic makeup of the communities each newsroom covers by the year 2025. Gannett has also given executive bonuses and promotions to those who help meet the “diversity” goal.
“Gannett executed their reverse race discrimination policy with a callous indifference towards civil rights laws or the welfare of the workers, and prospective workers, whose lives would be upended by it,” the plaintiffs’ lawsuit reads.
Gannett’s chief legal counsel, Polly Grunfeld Sack, defended the diversity policy and claimed that the company only wants to hire workers who are the most qualified.
“We will vigorously defend our practice of ensuring equal opportunities for all our valued employees against this meritless lawsuit,” said Sack in a statement.
Gannett’s policy is one of many corporate race-based and diversity policies that are now facing overwhelming legal scrutiny after the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year to strike down affirmative action, the policy by which colleges and universities across the country could make admissions decisions based solely on an applicant’s race.
The lawsuit against Gannett even referenced the Supreme Court, noting that the majority opinion stated that “eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.”
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling, such corporate diversity policies are now “lawsuits waiting to happen,” said Noah Peters, former solicitor of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
True but it’s weird how many commercials we have now about women defecating. There are some flakey bass turds making commercials these days.
I'm glad I won't be here to see it!! Keep singing Kumbaya people!! May as well give them all your white daughters while you're at it!!
Disgusting.
I don't mind, but wondered if the depiction of the characters on that should would be banned today. It was a Saturday favorite of mine and everyone I knew growing up.
“eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of
it.”
Rach card goes up in flames democrats reach for hoses.
Yep.
Years ago, I remember reading about a minority group who met with advertisers and wanted better representation in commercials and advertising as most of the ads were caucasian actors. (I am thinking 1980’s?)
The result was basically affirmative action - the ad companies agreed that minorities would be represented in their national percentage in commercials and ads.
Not no mo.
Back then, we didn’t see race.
“We will vigorously defend our practice of ensuring equal opportunities for all our valued employees against this meritless lawsuit,” said Sack in a statement“
Equal opportunities for everyone except white people, anyway.
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My friend couldn’t handle working there. He came back to Pennsylvania where he could hunt and fish. Unfortunately his talents were wasted at a series of local papers that had declining subscriberships.
Well, I think we saw race, but just acknowledged and laughed at the differences.
The dinosaur media has been losing viewership for decades and it's only old people or minorities who might be watching.
Systemic racism against WHITE people
Sue the pants off them and sue them some more
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