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Democrats Push ‘Racial Equity Audits’ To Cement Control of Tech Companies Audits call for abolition of standards of 'merit'
Washington Free Beacon ^ | December 13, 2021 | Santi Ruiz

Posted on 12/14/2021 3:24:46 PM PST by artichokegrower

Democrats want to subject tech companies to mandatory "racial equity audits" conducted by their political allies, a move which could cement the party's control of Silicon Valley.

A small group of organizations with close ties to Democratic politicians and progressive donors conducts the majority of these audits, which advocates say are needed to promote racial justice. But in practice, equity auditors often push companies to hire more left-wing activists and former Democratic party officials, often from the auditing organizations themselves. The audits also call for the abolition of standards of "merit" and the ability for a special executive to veto any company project.

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China is laughing at us.
1 posted on 12/14/2021 3:24:46 PM PST by artichokegrower
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This is how communism grows.

The Democratic Party is outright subverting our Republic.


2 posted on 12/14/2021 3:26:10 PM PST by Skywise
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“The audits also call for the abolition of standards of “merit”...”

I worked at a tuna cannery for five weeks.

One guy Orville M. was alphabetically ahead of me (S) so he would always have seniority...No merit advancement for ANYONE.

Nasty, vile union job.

I went to college the next year...all the wiser.


3 posted on 12/14/2021 3:29:02 PM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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They’re probably the ones pushing it. Like the Kremlin did in the 60’s.


4 posted on 12/14/2021 3:30:02 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm in the control group. I identify as "vaccinated".🤡)
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To: artichokegrower

This is really bizarre.


5 posted on 12/14/2021 3:35:57 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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The audits also call for the abolition of standards of "merit"...

Insanity. Pure, insanity. The people advocating this should seek professional help. Today.

...and the ability for a special executive to veto any company project.

An apparatchik by any other name would still be an SOB...

6 posted on 12/14/2021 3:38:03 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

It’s not bizarre it’s communism and Obama’s revolution.


7 posted on 12/14/2021 3:38:57 PM PST by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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The Democrat Party is communist. It doesn’t even hide it anymore.

Institutional inefficiency — on hallmark of a communistic state.


8 posted on 12/14/2021 3:39:05 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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The audits fit within a broader push from Biden administration officials to promote racial justice goals in government policy. The Securities and Exchange Commission is pushing companies to include audit proposals from shareholders in their proxy statements. Federal Trade Commissioner Kelly Slaughter has argued her department has a mandate to tackle “structural and systemic racism.”

I think they should immediately investigate the NBA.


9 posted on 12/14/2021 3:40:13 PM PST by artichokegrower (I )
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An audit of government power by citizens too. This is where the abuse is.


10 posted on 12/14/2021 3:41:14 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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“racial equity”

Hey, Democrats aka Demoncrats. Please define racial equity for me.


11 posted on 12/14/2021 3:46:32 PM PST by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti Astronomers see white dwarf 'switch on and off' for first time)
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The audits also call for the abolition of standards of "merit" and the ability for a special executive to veto any company project.

In the Soviet Union, this was called the Political Officer.

He would enforce standards that mirrored what the State wanted.

12 posted on 12/14/2021 3:48:01 PM PST by Lazamataz (I feel like it is 1937 Germany, and my last name is Feinberg.)
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“Free men are not equal and equal men are not free”


13 posted on 12/14/2021 3:56:31 PM PST by artichokegrower (I )
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From Atlas Shrugged. In 2007, Gerald Starnes died, leaving three children: Gerald Starnes, Jr., his younger brother Eric, and their sister Ivy. Together they proposed a radically new business plan: they would have all the employees work according to their ability, and “pay” them according to their needs.


14 posted on 12/14/2021 4:00:16 PM PST by The Louiswu (Peace to you and may God Bless you all)
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A book worth reading at least 3 times.


15 posted on 12/14/2021 4:13:15 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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In the near future, the old Soviet joke will be here and will be real.

“We pretend to work and they pretend to pay us.”


16 posted on 12/14/2021 4:19:47 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“…in any great disaster, there's a Harvard man in the middle of it.” ~ Thomas Sowell)
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“ability for a special executive to veto any company project.”

I see that they want a political officer installed in every company to guard against wrongthink.


17 posted on 12/14/2021 4:24:02 PM PST by setha (Cleveland Indians, not Guardians.)
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Merit is racist presumably because democrats believe that some races are more supremier than others


18 posted on 12/14/2021 5:37:02 PM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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China is soon going to be more capitalist/market-based than us.

Game over.


19 posted on 12/14/2021 5:46:10 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Skywise

This isn’t communism. This is tribalism & stupidity.


20 posted on 12/14/2021 5:47:00 PM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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