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Thirteen attorney generals wrote a letter to the Fortune 100 companies

Thirteen attorney generals wrote a letter to the Fortune 100 companies warning them not to discriminate on the basis of race and trying to justify that discrimination under the label of “diversity, equity, and inclusion”. Thankfully, this is the end of the un-American and divisive DEI programs.

Since this is one of the most important letters in American history, please read this letter

Letter from 13 Attorneys General to Fortune 100 companies
https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/attorneygeneral/documents/pr/2023/pr23-27-letter.pdf

Have you been a victim of DEI? You may have been a victim when you weren’t hired because you weren’t the “right” quota. You may have been the victim when you were selected for layoff because you weren’t the “right” quota. Either way, you were discriminated against under the DEI label, and you must take corrective action today.

Here are some important quotes from this beautiful letter:

“These discriminatory practices include, among other things, explicit racial quotas and preferences in hiring, recruiting, retention, promotion, and advancement.”

“Such overt and pervasive racial discrimination in the employment and contracting practices of Fortune 100 companies compels us to remind you of the obvious: Racial discrimination is both immoral and illegal. Such race-based employment and contracting violates both state and federal law, and as the chief law enforcement officers of our respective states we intend to enforce the law vigorously.”

“The Supreme Court has repeatedly and emphatically condemned racial quotas and preferences.”

“And, of course, every racial preference necessarily imposes an equivalent harm on individuals outside of the preferred racial groups, solely on the basis of their skin color. “[I]t is not even theoretically possible to ‘help’ a certain racial group without causing harm to members of other racial groups. It should be obvious that every racial classification helps, in a narrow sense, some races and hurts others.”

“Accordingly, the Supreme Court’s recent decision should place EVERY employer and contractor on notice of the illegality of racial quotas and race-based preferences in employment and contracting practices. As Attorneys General, it is incumbent upon us to remind all entities operating within our respective jurisdictions of the binding nature of American anti-discrimination laws.

If your company previously resorted to racial preferences or na--d quotas to offset its bigotry, that discriminatory path is now definitively closed. Your company must overcome its underlying bias and treat all employees, all applicants, and all contractors equally, without regard for race.”

“We urge you to immediately cease any unlawful race-based quotas or preferences your company has adopted for its employment and contracting practices. If you choose not to do so, know that you will be held ACCOUNTABLE—sooner rather than later—for your decision to continue treating people differently because of the color of their skin.”

Please carefully review this letter, and contact one of the 13 State Attorney Generals today if you are a DEI victim, regardless of which state you live in.

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As you review the articles about the end of affirmative action (and DEI), please keep in mind that contractor programs are next to be eliminated. These programs require that certain contracts be awarded to certain companies, based on illegal race or gender-based criteria. It's illegal today, and it has always been illegal.

These programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14/

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If you have been a victim of your company's unlawful affirmative action (AKA DEI programs), now is the time to let the press know so they can write about this for the benefit of the American people. Don't be shy.

This is a short list of press. To identify other publications, type publication name plus tips in any search engine

Boston Globe
https://apps.bostonglobe.com/spotlight/tips/

The Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/about/chi-breaking-news-tips-and-ideas-htmlstory.html

New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/tips

New York Post
https://nypost.com/tips/

Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/anonymous-news-tips/

USA Today
https://newstips.usatoday.com/

Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/tips

The Hill
https://thehill.com/social-tags/tips/

Seattle Times
https://projects.seattletimes.com/news-tips/

Star Tribune
https://help.startribune.com/hc/en-us/articles/360061068451-Contact-the-Newsroom-News-Tips-Letter-Submissions-Story-Corrections

Grand Rapids Press
https://www.mlive.com/mlive_contacts/page/newsrooms.html

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
https://projects.jsonline.com/tips/

Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/submit-news/

Dallas Morning News
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2017/03/13/have-a-news-tip-send-it-to-our-investigative-reporting-team/

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Post ID: @4lnk+1o32vfjT

These posts indicate that various organizations are taking action companies who discriminate against employees and try to justify it by calling the illegal conduct DEI.
These companies are being scrutinized and sued and your company can too. You can report anything privately.

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Post ID: @1sev+1o32vfjT

Ageism in Tech: The Barrier to DEI That No One Is Talking About
https://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/ageism-in-tech-barrier-dei/

Employers still guilty of overlooking older workers for promotions
https://www.worklife.news/dei/employers-still-guilty-of-overlooking-older-workers-for-promotions/

All About Age Discrimination at Work and Why Successful Lawsuits Are Rare
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/all-about-age-discrimination-at-work-and-why-successful-lawsuits-are-rare/2022/09/12/bd6a7066-32ad-11ed-a0d6-415299bfebd5_story.html

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Age discrimination and DEI
https://hbr.org/2021/07/do-your-dei-efforts-consider-age-class-and-lived-experience

EEOC and Age discrimination
https://www.eeoc.gov/age-discrimination

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Post ID: @1irr+1o32vfjT

If you lost your job due to DEI, please tell your story to the Goldwater Institute
Goldwater Institute
https://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/

https://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/week-in-review-victory-over-dei/

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Post ID: @1lpy+1o32vfjT

What about age? Age is where I see the most discrimination, regardless of race.

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Post ID: @1flf+1o32vfjT

Wow man, this is quite the anti-DEI barrage. Do you have an axe to grind?

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Post ID: @goy+1o32vfjT

Please review these informative articles

Conservative groups are challenging corporate efforts to diversify workforce
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/corporate-dei-efforts-legal-challenge-conservatives/

Please read this informative article and then ask AFP to file a Federal Civil Rights complaint against your employer for the same thing

America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Kellogg’s; Warns Management That it is Violating Fiduciary Duties
https://aflegal.org/america-first-legal-files-federal-civil-rights-complaint-against-kelloggs-warns-management-that-its-violating-fiduciary-duties/

First Conservatives Came for Affirmative Action. Now They’re Gunning for DEI Programs.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/08/10/affirmative-action-gop-culture-war-00110558

Striking Down Affirmative Action Was Just the Beginning
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-striking-down-affirmative-action-was-just-the-beginning/ar-AA1f4Vq5

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If you lost your job because of DEI (or have otherwise suffered because of DEI), please tell your story to these organizations

American First Legal (AFL), a leading civil rights organization.
https://aflegal.org/
https://aflegal.org/hotline/

Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism
https://www.fairforall.org/

National Center for Public Policy Research
Free Enterprise Project
https://nationalcenter.org/

New Civil Liberties Alliance
https://nclalegal.org/

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy
https://www.mackinac.org/

Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL)
https://will-law.org/

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Post ID: @cod+1o32vfjT

Please read this important article, titled “How corporate America is slashing DEI workers amid backlash to diversity programs”

https://abcnews.go.com/US/corporate-america-slashing-dei-workers-amid-backlash-diversity/story?id=100477952#:~:text=DEI%20begins%20to%20disappear,accelerated%20significantly%2C%20the%20study%20found.

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Post ID: @hmg+1o32vfjT

If you have been a victim of affirmative action or DEI, it’s now time to take corrective action. Please contact the Equal Protection Project (EPP) today

The Equal Protection Project is devoted to the fair treatment of all persons without regard to race or ethnicity.
Our guiding principle is that there is no ‘good’ form of racism. The remedy for racism never is more racism.

We will INVESTIGATE wrongdoing, EDUCATE the public, and LITIGATE when necessary.

The Equal Protection Project (EPP) is a project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation (LIF). EPP is devoted to the fair treatment of all persons without regard to race or ethnicity. Our guiding principle is that there is no ‘good’ form of racism. The remedy for racism never is more racism.

https://equalprotect.org/
https://legalinsurrection.com

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Post ID: @qyg+1o32vfjT

According to this article, “America First Legal (AFL) and its Center for Legal Equality are putting woke corporations, law firms, and hospitals on notice that all DEI programs, and all “balancing” in employment, training, scholarships, and promotions, based on race, national origin, or s-x are illegal.”

My fellow Americans, it doesn’t get any better than that. Let’s celebrate together. We are now on a course to repair all the damage done by affirmative action, DEI, and other silly-woke-nonsense.

This article lists the worst corporate offenders. If your company is not on this list today, they can be added to this list tomorrow. Please contact AFL with any information you have about how your employer or former employer discriminated against people who didn’t meet the rigid quotas required by affirmative action and DEI.

https://aflegal.org/america-first-legal-puts-woke-corporations-law-firms-and-hospitals-on-notice-all-dei-programs-and-workplace-balancing-based-on-race-national-origin-and-s-x-violate-the-law/

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Post ID: @gfs+1o32vfjT

According to the Attorney Generals of 13 states, “Treating people differently because of the color of their skin, even for benign purposes, is unlawful and wrong. Companies that engage in racial discrimination should and will face serious legal consequences.”

“These discriminatory practices include, among other things, explicit racial quotas and preferences in hiring, recruiting, retention, promotion, and advancement.”

“Such overt and pervasive racial discrimination in the employment and contracting practices of Fortune 100 companies compels us to remind you of the obvious: Racial discrimination is both immoral and illegal. Such race-based employment and contracting violates both state and federal law, and as the chief law enforcement officers of our respective states we intend to enforce the law vigorously.”

“The Supreme Court has repeatedly and emphatically condemned racial quotas and preferences.”

“And, of course, every racial preference necessarily imposes an equivalent harm on individuals outside of the preferred racial groups, solely on the basis of their skin color. “[I]t is not even theoretically possible to ‘help’ a certain racial group without causing harm to members of other racial groups. It should be obvious that every racial classification helps, in a narrow sense, some races and hurts others.”

Before you read this paragraph from the Attorney General’s letter to the Fortune 100, please stand to your feet and sing “God Bless America” You are now a part of American history. These words are beautiful

“Accordingly, the Supreme Court’s recent decision should place EVERY employer and contractor on notice of the illegality of racial quotas and race-based preferences in employment and contracting practices. As Attorneys General, it is incumbent upon us to remind all entities operating within our respective jurisdictions of the binding nature of American anti-discrimination laws. If your company previously resorted to racial preferences or na--d quotas to offset its bigotry, that discriminatory path is now definitively closed. Your company must overcome its underlying bias and treat all employees, all applicants, and all contractors equally, without regard for race.”

My fellow Americans, you are witnessing American history being made

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/13/gop-attorneys-general-tee-off-on-large-corporations-over-diversity-policies-00106232

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Post ID: @orq+1o32vfjT

According to this Heritage article, “‘DEI Is Dead’: Heritage President Applauds Virginia Chief Diversity Officer’s Bold”

The article also indicates that, “Equity, perhaps the worst corruption, enjoins government and the private sector to treat Americans differently because of their race, country of origin, or other immutable characteristics. It promises equal outcomes, an old Marxist idea, not equal opportunity, the American ideal. It is now the functional opposite of equal treatment. Inclusion also means the opposite of its original definition. People espousing the wrong ideas are excluded and canceled from public debate.”

Let’s celebrate that DEI is dead. Make no mistake, DEI has little to do with equality and everything to do with discriminating against people in violation of the Constitution and State and Federal discrimination laws.

https://www.heritage.org/press/dei-dead-heritage-president-applauds-virginia-chief-diversity-officers-bold-declaration

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There is growing concern that DEI programs are unconstitutional

“The Supreme Court struck down affirmative action programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina Thursday, ruling that both institutions violated the 14th Amendment as well as federal civil rights law (June 2023).

I say “was” because DEI might also be on its last legs — unconstitutional — after the Supreme Court just struck down race being used as a factor in college admissions.”

Lawyers “believed if race-based admission policies were a goner, DEI would likely be next.” We agree – DEI must end today

https://nypost.com/2023/07/01/dei-and-the-business-of-corporate-wokeness-is-here-and-its-big/

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Post ID: @tod+1o32vfjT

“The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday (June 2023) rejected race-conscious admissions in higher education at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, overturning more than 40 years of legal precedent.”

“The ruling in the two cases hands opponents of affirmative action a major victory. The opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, found that the admissions programs at both universities VIOLATED the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.”

Please read this NPR article
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1176715957/why-the-supreme-court-decision-on-affirmative-action-matters

But the story gets even better. While the Supremes Court decision dealt with higher education, many believe it also applies to corporate America

“The Supreme Court ruling is a warning to corporate elites to stop foisting their liberal agenda on the nation, said Scott Shepard, director of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project.” Yep, that un-American nonsense must stop. We agree!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/06/29/affirmative-action-supreme-court-ruling-workplace-diversity/70328166007/

If you have been a victim of DEI, please contact this organization today

National Center for Public Policy Research
Free Enterprise Project
https://nationalcenter.org/
Please read the great articles produced by this organization

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“In a historic decision, the Supreme Court severely limited, if not effectively ended, the use of affirmative action in college admissions in June 2023. By a vote of 6-3, the justices ruled that the admissions programs used by the University of North Carolina and Harvard College violate the Constitution’s equal protection clause, which bars racial discrimination by government entities.”

Many consider this one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions in American history that will start the process of ending the divisive, un-American affirmative action and DEI programs that have done so much damage to American culture.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/06/supreme-court-strikes-down-affirmative-action-programs-in-college-admissions/

While the Supreme Court decision dealt with higher education, many believe that the court’s decision will also result in the end of affirmative and DEI programs in corporate America. This development could also require companies to pay damages to employees who were not hired, not promoted, or who were selected for layoff because they did not qualify for rigid, affirmative action quotas.

According to this article, “Since last year, America First Legal (AFL) filed at least nine complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) accusing a host of major companies of “hiring people based solely on immutable characteristics, like race or s-x, rather than qualifications or abilities,” which the group argues is a violation of federal civil rights law.”

According to this article, “In interviews, the Attorney’s General of two states, said they believe the Supreme Court ruling has far-reaching consequences for employers. Their letter urges Fortune 100 companies “to immediately cease any unlawful race-based quotas or preferences your company has adopted for its employment and contracting practices.”

That’s beautiful!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/15/affirmative-action-workplace-diversity-equity-inclusion/

If you have been a victim of affirmative action or DEI programs, please contact America First Legal (AFL) today

https://aflegal.org/hotline/

You should also consider filing a discrimination complaint with the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

https://www.eeoc.gov/how-file-charge-employment-discrimination

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Post ID: @qtq+1o32vfjT

According to this letter, American First Legal (AFL) sent a cease and desist letter to the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) demanding they stop using racial preferences in hiring and internship programs.

This article indicates that “AFL is leading the charge against corporate and institutional discrimination in the United States. AFL has recently initiated actions against Starbucks, Amazon, Target, Di-ks, Disney, and others for violating the Civil Rights Act and the principles of equal protection and nondiscrimination.”

If you have been a victim of DEI (also known as affirmative action), please contact American First Legal (AFL), a leading civil rights organization.
https://aflegal.org/
https://aflegal.org/hotline/

American First Legal (AFL)
https://aflegal.org/america-first-legal-sends-warning-letter-to-big-three-accounting-firm-stop-racial-discrimination-now/

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