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Posted on 07/05/2026 12:57:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump has tried to scale back anti-discrimination regulations that date back decades. Federal agencies have heeded his call.
When Kenni Miller started as a shift manager in his local Sheetz convenience store in Altoona, Pa., he felt something that he rarely had as a Black man in the workplace.
He felt trusted. He felt appreciated.
When he was fired a few weeks later, in the summer of 2020 after a background check, Mr. Miller, then 27, was devastated. A nonviolent, felony drug conviction from his teenage years had never caused him to be denied a job before. And he already proved he could do the work.
“I was well spoken,” Mr. Miller told The New York Times in an interview. “They had me running the cash register, talking to people, all the customers. I’m doing these things, learning the whole store, so I’m equipped for the job. That’s not the issue here, right?”
In 2024, Mr. Miller was part of a class-action lawsuit against Sheetz filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging that the company’s criminal background checks disproportionately screened out applicants of color.
But soon after President Trump took office, the E.E.O.C. abruptly dropped the case.
The agency cited an executive order by Mr. Trump that directed federal agencies to “deprioritize” cases like Mr. Miller’s, in which companies are scrutinized not for intentional discrimination, but for having policies that have an unintentional, “disparate impact” on minority applicants.
The result has been an abandonment of civil rights cases across the federal government, in departments including education, housing, trade, justice and the E.E.O.C. There is no public accounting of exactly how many cases have been closed, but...
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That isn't racial discrimination.
Sounds like the Slimes is Sheetzing their pantz over this...
“unintentional, “disparate impact” on minority applicants.”
his being a minority wasn’t the problem, they hired him. It was his convictions.
Had he told them about them when applying? or did they only get exposed during background check?
He should go work at 7-11. They obviously don’t do background checks at those open sewers.
“A nonviolent, felony drug conviction from his teenage years”
Your felony drug conviction caught up with you, Kenni, as it has with tens of thousands of others. Point your finger at yourself for your own wrong choices in life, instead of trying to blame society or racism.
Fired in 2020 and he still hasn’t gotten over it ?
I’ll take a guess and say the company fired him because he did not disclose the felony conviction. Which would be within the rights of the company to do so.
Would they have hired him had they known ? Who knows .
My take is it was six years ago, forget about it. Hope he has continued working
Ah, the Times found a sympathetic character for their narrative.
“In 2024, Mr. Miller was part of a class-action lawsuit against Sheetz filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging that the company’s criminal background checks disproportionately screened out applicants of color””
Sure seems a mystery to me. Anyone else have any inkling why that would be?
He should go work at 7-11.
You would be correct. You can actually buy decent food in them in Japan.
felony drug bust? did he list it on his application? no?
THAT is grounds for termination. not discrimination.
“...alleging that the company’s criminal background checks disproportionately screened out applicants of color.”
If the criminals are disproportionately “applicants of color” and get screened out, WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
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