Affirmative Action Causes No Reverse Discrimination

False Assumption: Civil rights protections and affirmative action do not discriminate against white people.

Summaries Written by FARAgent (AI) on February 10, 2026 · Pending Verification

For decades after the civil rights era, many officials, journalists, and advocacy groups treated “reverse discrimination” as a political slogan rather than a real civil rights problem. The charitable case was not hard to see. Affirmative action was sold as a limited remedy for a country with a long record of legal segregation, exclusion, and closed doors, and many reasonable people concluded that efforts to widen access were not the same thing as punishing whites. In that frame, civil rights law protected minorities from entrenched barriers, while white Americans, as the historic majority, were not thought to face systematic exclusion of the same kind. That is why public figures could say there was “no evidence” white men were being discriminated against and why much of the press treated complaints from whites as backlash politics.

What went wrong was that the line between outreach and preference kept getting crossed in plain view. Over time, colleges, employers, government agencies, and public institutions adopted race conscious admissions, minority only fellowships, hiring targets, set asides, and DEI programs that often worked exactly as critics said they did: by giving some applicants a boost and others a penalty because of race. The Harvard admissions fight, the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against race based college admissions, lawsuits over corporate internships and promotions, and disputes over “majority group” discrimination claims all pushed the issue out of theory and into records, emails, and statistics. A substantial body of experts now rejects the old assurance that these policies did not discriminate against whites or Asians at all; they argue that the country spent years pretending a practice stopped being discrimination when done for approved reasons.

The debate is now narrower and more uncomfortable. Fewer defenders simply say anti-white discrimination does not exist; more argue that some race conscious measures were justified, modest, or legally distinguishable from old fashioned exclusion. Courts have become more skeptical, employers more cautious, and universities more guarded in how they describe their goals. But because the larger dispute is now over when, not whether, racial preferences burden disfavored applicants, the old claim that civil rights protections and affirmative action caused no reverse discrimination has been significantly weakened, even if not every expert is ready to bury it.

Status: A significant portion of experts think this assumption was false

People Involved

Erica L. Green served as a White House correspondent for the New York Times and wrote articles framing claims of reverse discrimination under affirmative action as mere political beliefs rather than documented realities. Her reporting treated such assertions as delusions held by certain factions, reinforcing the institutional view that civil rights protections could not harm white Americans. This stance helped sustain elite confidence in the assumption even as lawsuits accumulated. The coverage contributed to a media environment where challenges to the policy were dismissed as conspiracy thinking. ^[1]
Derrick Johnson, as president of the NAACP, repeatedly stated there was no evidence that white men suffered discrimination from civil rights measures or affirmative action programs. His position as leader of the nation's oldest civil rights organization lent institutional weight to the claim that such policies only corrected imbalances without creating new ones. Johnson maintained this line publicly for years, shaping advocacy and legal strategies. His denials aligned with the broader view that racism required power that minorities lacked. ^[1]
Donald Trump acted as a persistent critic, describing affirmative action as reverse discrimination that unfairly cost deserving white applicants college seats and jobs. As president and later candidate, he highlighted these effects in speeches and policy pushes, warning that the system penalized whites for historical sins they did not commit. His rhetoric resonated with voters skeptical of elite rationales. Trump later issued executive orders targeting related DEI structures. ^[1][27]
Linda McMahon, appointed during the Trump administration, ordered colleges to disclose long-hidden admissions data on racial preferences. Her directive challenged decades of secrecy at institutions that had guarded such statistics despite federal data collection elsewhere. This move forced transparency after half a century of opacity. McMahon positioned the demand as simple accountability rather than political attack. ^[2]
Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the 1619 Project and MacArthur fellow, promoted narratives that framed ongoing racial preferences as necessary redress while portraying white Americans as inherently complicit in systemic harm. Her work at the New York Times amplified elite views that treated anti-white outcomes as morally justified. Hannah-Jones praised systems like Cuba's for reducing inequality through uniform poverty. She shaped public discourse on race for a generation. ^[3][9]
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, deliberately expanded hiring to include more women and people of color while acknowledging that few candidates could produce the magazine's signature long features. He pursued this widening of the pool as a matter of institutional priority. Goldberg oversaw a shift where nearly two-thirds of recent hires were women and nearly half people of color. His approach exemplified good-faith commitment to diversity despite practical tradeoffs. ^[7]

▶ Supporting Quotes (123)

“Notice that “reverse discrimination” is a concept, not a reality.”— Are the 57 Years of Affirmative Action a Conspiracy Theory?

“Derrick Johnson, the president of the N.A.A.C.P., the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, said there was “no evidence that white men were discriminated against as a result of the civil rights movement, the Civil Rights Act, and efforts to rectify the long history of this country denying access to people based on race in every measurable category.””— Are the 57 Years of Affirmative Action a Conspiracy Theory?

““White people were very badly treated, where they did extremely well and they were not invited to go into a university to college,” he said, an apparent reference to affirmative action in college admissions.”— Are the 57 Years of Affirmative Action a Conspiracy Theory?

“Mrs. McMahon Orders Colleges to 'Fess Up The Trump Administration won't allow universities to hide their racial discrimination anymore.”— Mrs. McMahon Orders Colleges to 'Fess Up

“if he’s ever heard of Nikole Hannah-Jones, he despises her for winning $625,000 from the MacArthur Foundation for being a purported “genius.” The hardworking Hispanic men who voted half for Trump in 2024 really don’t like semi-black women like Hannah-Jones blaming whites for the troubles of black layabouts.”— A Matter of Preference

“Spaun has a German-American father and a half-Filipino and half-Mexican mother... I have no idea what Spaun’s individual political views are, but I doubt if he is sympathetic toward those of Nikole Hannah-Jones.”— A Matter of Preference

“The DEI Era, which seemed to begin roughly with Obama’s re-election in November 2012”— What's Trump doing right?

“A fine new article in Compact, “The Lost Generation,” by Jacob Savage, who may be even more obsessed with counting than I am, quantifies just how much young white men have been squeezed out”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“Los Angeles writer Jacob Savage can write Steve Sailer-like articles full of counting, such as his 2023 article “The Vanishing: The erasure of Jews from American life” in The Tablet. ... Now, Savage has another counting article, this one in Compact: The Vanishing White Male Writer”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

““Undoubtedly, there has been ham-fisted DEI programming that is intrusive or even alienating,” explained Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor in The New Yorker. “But, for the most part, it is a relatively benign practice meant to increase diversity, while also sending a message that workplaces should be fair and open to everyone.””— The Lost Generation

“Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief, had described his hiring philosophy back in 2019: “By opening up the possibilities of younger people, women, and people of color, by imagining their rise in a deliberate way, I’ve just widened the pool of potential leadership. There’s no quota system here.””— The Lost Generation

“In 2019, David Haskell, who had just been named editor-in-chief of New York magazine, was asked to respond to staff disappointment that “another white man” had been elevated to the role. “I understand that reaction. Part of me shares it,” he told his staff. “The most effective way to move the needle on diversity hiring is for a strong, loud commitment to come from the very top of the masthead.”— The Lost Generation

“Tim Wise explains how, for white individuals, 'When a group of people [such as racialized individuals] has little or no power over you institutionally, they don’t get to define the terms of your existence, they can’t limit your opportunities, and you needn’t worry much about the use of a slur to describe you and yours, since, in all likelihood, the slur is as far as it’s going to go.'”— Myth of Reverse Racism | Unpacking the Realities

“Ricky Sherover-Marcuse asserts that 'we should not confuse the occasional mistreatment experienced by whites at the hands of people of color with the systematic and institutionalized mistreatment experienced by people of color at the hands of whites' (p. 2).”— Myth of Reverse Racism | Unpacking the Realities

“Zeba Blay outlines how white people often 'believe deserving white students are discriminated against while academically unqualified students are given highly coveted college or company positions ― just because they happen to tick the ‘ethnic minority’ box.'”— Myth of Reverse Racism | Unpacking the Realities

“'Racism has nothing to do with feelings. It is a measurable reality that white people are not subject to, regardless of their income or status' (Harriot, 2018).”— Myth of Reverse Racism | Unpacking the Realities

“External” critics of CRT accuse it of “hiding behind personal stories and narratives” and not providing a whole lot of statistics and evidence to prove their assertions that the system is rigged against minorities are actually true. These external critics point to the statistics of various minority groups like Asians and Jews to show that if the system was really rigged, those minorities wouldn’t be able to succeed either.”— Critical Race Theory (Part 3): CRT Today, and Other Pressing Issues (…and is it Marxist? Well…Sort of!)

“Nikole Hannah-Jones, the founder of the 1619 Project, spoke glowingly of Cuba (a Marxist/Socialist system), saying that it had least amount of racial inequality in the western hemisphere. Well, yes, that may be true, insofar that both black and white Cubans equally have been impoverished by Castro’s regime”— Critical Race Theory (Part 3): CRT Today, and Other Pressing Issues (…and is it Marxist? Well…Sort of!)

“This reminds me of a short Jordan Peterson video when he was discussing with two other men a certain Sociology book related to CRT that claimed that math and notions of objectivity were racist. ... Peterson wasn’t surprised at all and told them that the entire field of Sociology had essentially become “all anecdotal” without any real scientific scholarship”— Critical Race Theory (Part 3): CRT Today, and Other Pressing Issues (…and is it Marxist? Well…Sort of!)

“In this response to Arkes & Tetlock’s (this issue) critique, we raise three issues.”— No Place for Nostalgia in Science: A Response to Arkes and Tetlock

“it’s no wonder people like Justice Clarence Thomas feel that affirmative action devalued their educational achievements. Luckily, Justice Thomas has a lifetime of work to show that his degree wasn’t an affirmative action get.”— Yes, Affirmative Action Justifies Discrimination

““Federal civil-rights law prohibits employers from making promotion decisions based on race or sex,” Nick Barry, Senior Counsel at America First Legal, said.”— Lawsuit accuses Philly of denying promotions for 5 white police officers

““Even when such necessity is proven, the practice remains unlawful if there is an alternative practice available that is comparably effective in achieving the employer’s goals but causes less discriminatory effect,” Lawrence said.”— How the EEOC built America's secret police, and got companies to pay for it

“"The Office of Civil Rights will accept the most minor, superficial, disingenuous changes," Perry said. And the length of its investigations means that "universities can continue to discriminate year after year."”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“Tant aux États-Unis qu’en Europe, nous assistons à la poursuite des tendances fatales qui m’ont incité, en 1990, à commencer ma vie d’activiste.”— Jared Taylor : « Pour que les Blancs puissent défendre leurs terres et leur culture, ils doivent se libérer de l'illusion suicidaire qu'ils ont été une présence malveillante sur la planète » [Interview]

“Pas moins de 39 monuments à la gloire de Christophe Colomb ont été détruits. [...] Christophe Colomb est désormais un criminel parce qu’il a amené les premiers Blancs dans le Nouveau Monde.”— Jared Taylor : « Pour que les Blancs puissent défendre leurs terres et leur culture, ils doivent se libérer de l'illusion suicidaire qu'ils ont été une présence malveillante sur la planète » [Interview]

“"Every student in America is entitled to equal protection under the law, regardless of their background," Vance told the Washington Free Beacon.”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“Jeremy Carl, author of “The Unprotected Class,” appeared before the Senate after being nominated for a major State Department post.”— Congress Puzzles Over White Culture

“Democrats reacted with incredulity to the very idea that whites could be discriminated against.”— Congress Puzzles Over White Culture

“Meanwhile, one Republican lost his nerve”— Congress Puzzles Over White Culture

““By opening up the possibilities of younger people, women, and people of color, by imagining their rise in a deliberate way, I’ve just widened the pool of potential leadership. There’s no quota system here.” ... “It’s really, really hard to write a 10,000-word cover story,” he said... “The journalists in America who do it are almost exclusively white males.””— The Lost Generation

“In 2019, David Haskell... was asked to respond to staff disappointment that “another white man” had been elevated... “I understand that reaction. Part of me shares it,” he told his staff. “The most effective way to move the needle on diversity hiring is for a strong, loud commitment to come from the very top of the masthead.”— The Lost Generation

“When the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions in 2023, experts practically heralded the resurrection of Jim Crow. It would be “catastrophic for the presence of marginalized racial groups on the nation’s leading campuses,” one Yale Law professor hyperventilated in The New York Times.”— Ending college affirmative action didn’t devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it - The Boston Globe

“Richard Kahlenberg, an education expert who supports racial diversity on campus, wrote about “the dirty little secret” of American education in his book “Class Matters... “The framework of race-based preferences disproportionately aided upper-middle-class students of color and sustained a system of favoritism for children of alumni, wealthy donors and the offspring of faculty.””— Ending college affirmative action didn’t devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it - The Boston Globe

“Johnson’s Executive Order 11246. Issued just weeks after the Voting Rights Act was signed into law, and little more than a year after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the order extended the prohibition against racial discrimination in employment to federal contractors. [...] Johnson’s order required private contractors doing work on behalf of the federal government to “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.””— The War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

“Trump said as much in an interview this past spring: “I think there is a definite anti-white feeling in this country.… I don’t think it would be a very tough thing to address, frankly. But I think the laws are very unfair right now.””— The War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

“Trump is using D.E.I. to scythe through the federal government’s disproportionately Black and female workforce and to upend programs that he and his adviser Elon Musk declare to be wasteful and superfluous.”— The War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

“The author is Ron Unz, a Harvardian 20 years ago, now a California political activist and entrepreneur, who led the successful state initiative to abolish bilingual education.”— The Dispossession of Christian Americans

“Eleven years after the court’s decision in Grutter, a group called Students for Fair Admissions filed the North Carolina and Harvard cases in federal court. The group was founded by Edward Blum, a conservative activist who had also spearheaded a challenge to the admissions policy at the University of Texas at Austin as well as to Shelby County v. Holder, the 2013 case that narrowed the Voting Rights Act.”— Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions

“Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts explained that college admissions programs can consider race merely to allow an applicant to explain how their race influenced their character in a way that would have a concrete effect on the university.”— Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions

“Justice Sonia Sotomayor – a graduate of Princeton and Yale Law School who once called herself “the perfect affirmative action baby” – dissented, in an opinion that was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.”— Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions

“Thomas, who in his memoir discussed the “stigmatizing effects of racial preference” that he felt after he was admitted to Yale Law School in the 1970s under a race-conscious admissions program, was also sharply critical of the UNC and Harvard programs from a practical perspective.”— Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions

“A central vehicle for the effort has been America First Legal, founded by former Trump aide Stephen Miller, who has called the group conservatives' "long-awaited answer to the ACLU."”— Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people

“Part of the plan, written by former Trump Justice Department official Gene Hamilton, argues that "advancing the interests of certain segments of American society ... comes at the expense of other Americans — and in nearly all cases violates longstanding federal law." Hamilton is America First Legal's general counsel.”— Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people

“The America First Legal Foundation, led by former senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller, recently sent letters to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission”— Corporate Diversity Complaints Place EEOC in Thorny Spot

“Conservative activist Edward Blumâs American Alliance for Equal Rights dropped its lawsuit on Friday after the law firm eliminated the term âunderrepresented groupsâ from its diversity program criteria.”— Employers Downplay the âDâ in DEI Programs to Avoid Lawsuits (1)

“"The American Alliance for Equal Rights is satisfied that Perkins Coie’s racially discriminatory fellowship program has been eliminated and replaced," group president Edward Blum said in a statement.”— Perkins Coie DEI Suit Ended by Anti-Affirmative Action Group (1)

““Yes, I needed help, but once I got there, I worked at it and I proved myself worthy,” Sotomayor said at a speaking engagement in San Francisco. She said she wants to tell “people who have been accused of getting in because of special favors not to feel ashamed” of what they achieve on their own.”— Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: A Proud ‘Product of Affirmative Action’

“When President Barack Obama appointed her to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009, she became its third-ever female justice and first Latina.”— Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: A Proud ‘Product of Affirmative Action’

“Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the prosecutors who are investigating him for alleged crimes in New York and Georgia — all three happen to be Black — are “racist,” “horrible” and “mentally sick” people who are unfairly targeting him, and by extension his overwhelmingly white followers.”— Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that’s very dangerous

““If he can race bait it, he will. These prosecutors, these Black people are coming after me — the white man,” Steele said….”— Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that’s very dangerous

““It intensifies that discourse and makes it explicitly racial,” said Casey Kelly, a communications professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who for years has pored over transcripts of Trump’s speeches.”— Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that’s very dangerous

“The Project on Fair Representation’s director is Ed Blum, a Texas-based activist behind a landmark lawsuit accusing Harvard of discrimination against Asian students.”— Morgan Stanley Under Fire for Minority-Only Intern Program

“The group’s lawyer is Boyden Gray, the White House counsel to former president George H.W. Bush, who now leads a litigation boutique involved in conservative causes.”— Morgan Stanley Under Fire for Minority-Only Intern Program

““White people are being sent to the back of the line?! I guess Martin Luther King’s dream has been realized at last,” he joked.”— Trump Is Right About Anti-White Discrimination

““Older populations are whiter. Society is structured in a way that enables them to live longer. Instead of giving additional health benefits to those who already had more of them, we can start to level the playing field a bit,” he said.”— Trump Is Right About Anti-White Discrimination

“"Well I don't think it's racist," Cox began. "I think it's in response to unfortunately some very racist injustices that have happened for a long time... looking for ways to lift communities that have been historically and disproportionately impacted isn't racist at all. In fact it's a great way to overcome racist [sic]."”— WATCH: Utah Gov. claims it’s not racist for white children to be excluded from Jazz-funded college scholarships

“The program was announced in January by Ryan Smith, the new owner of the Jazz, on a podcast with Adrian Wojnarowski on ESPN. The initiative, Smith said, was to award "someone from an underrepresented or minority community in Utah every time the team won a game."”— WATCH: Utah Gov. claims it’s not racist for white children to be excluded from Jazz-funded college scholarships

“Derrick Albert Bell Jr. (1930 – 2011), an American lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist, wrote that racial equality is "impossible and illusory" and that racism in the US is permanent.”— Critical race theory - Wikipedia

“The concept of intersectionality—one of CRT's main concepts—was introduced by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw.”— Critical race theory - Wikipedia

“Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday that it's the Biden administration's "duty" to prevent "algorithmic discrimination" when it comes to the field artificial intelligence (AI), and to ensure its benefits are "shared equitably" among society.”— Kamala Harris: Admin has duty to stop AI 'algorithmic discrimination,' ensure benefits 'shared equitably'

“"Under the guise of fighting 'algorithmic discrimination' and 'harmful bias,' the Biden administration is trying to rig AI to follow the woke left's rules," AAF president Tom Jones told Fox News Digital in August.”— Kamala Harris: Admin has duty to stop AI 'algorithmic discrimination,' ensure benefits 'shared equitably'

“Lori Castillo Martinez, Our 2023 Annual Equality Update: Where We Are and Where We’re Going, SALESFORCE, (Feb. 28, 2023), https://sforce.co/3Xc6Ep7”— Request for Investigation of Salesforce, Inc.

“Gail Heriot testifying before the Senate in April 2017 in a hearing on the Voting Rights Act.”— The Law that Banned Everything

“But then Robert Bork and the Chicago School revolution happened. Law and economics scholars made the argument that price discrimination was in fact good, and that conflicts of interest through vertical integration were efficient.”— The One Simple Thing That Makes the U.S. Economy Unmanageable

“Jacob Savage is a writer in Los Angeles... Savage’s essay “The Vanishing” about how DEI was ruining the career prospects of young Jews”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

““This Department of Justice is eliminating its regulations that for far too long required recipients of federal funding to make decisions based on race,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.”— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“Lawrence Summers, a prominent liberal economist and official in the Clinton and Obama administrations, faced scrutiny for remarks reflecting aspects of the variability hypothesis in 2005. The fallout in part led him to resign as president of Harvard University.”— Scandal! A Trump Nominee Is Not Ignorant of Basic Psychometrics

“Trump’s BLS nominee discussed controversial theory on gender IQ with interns E.J. Antoni told interns from the Heritage Foundation that women’s IQs clustered around average scores, while men have more geniuses and unintelligent individuals.”— Scandal! A Trump Nominee Is Not Ignorant of Basic Psychometrics

““I think the rule makes sense. … It’s not too much to ask people in the majority to meet a heightened evidentiary standard before claiming that, all of a sudden, everybody hates them.””— Vox: "Baffling" that Supreme Court tolerated racist anti-white rule for 44 years

“Erec Smith, a research fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, said that the program had been in place for decades to remedy past discrimination and “clearly seems to be ineffective in accomplishing that goal.” “After an unsuccessful 50 years, perhaps it’s time for a new strategy,” Smith said.”— Trump calls for axing of $37 billion quota

“the 1991 Civil Rights Act signed by George H.W. Bush.”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“DEI statements… now function like ideological loyalty oaths, screening out anyone who cannot convincingly support current progressive positions regarding race and gender.”— Quotas, Activist Scholarship, and Political Bias in Psychology

““Academia skews heavily left and the social sciences skew massively left. The skew is so extreme that, to those unfamiliar with the data, claims about the skew may sound like propaganda intended to delegitimize academia.””— Quotas, Activist Scholarship, and Political Bias in Psychology

“Compact magazine has an excellent piece by Jacob Savage on diversity hiring over the last decade or so. The central argument is that DEI hiring practices haven’t disadvantaged all White men equally, but have largely disadvantaged millennial White men.”— People Are Getting Tired of Discrimination - Even Against White Men

“Another is the mandatory diversity statements for job applicants, which purge the next generation of scholars of anyone who isn’t a woke ideologue or a skilled liar.”— Feedback on DEI Plans at My University

“sweeping review of the literature by Stephen Ceci, Shulamit Kahn, and Wendy Williams. Drawing on two decades of data, they examine six key areas where gender bias is often alleged: hiring, grant funding, teaching evaluations, journal acceptances, salaries, and recommendation letters.”— The Truth About Sexism in Science

““I understand that reaction. Part of me shares it,” he told his staff. “The most effective way to move the needle on diversity hiring is for a strong, loud commitment to come from the very top of the masthead. I … plan to do exactly that.””— The Lost Generation

“New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a plan Friday to phase out the gifted and talented programs for elementary school students that many educators say discriminate against Black and Hispanic children... “The era of judging 4-year-olds based on a single test is over,” de Blasio said in a statement.”— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

““Gifted and talented programs have been an integral option for generations of schoolkids,” tweeted state Sen. John Liu, a Democrat from Queens who chairs a panel on New York City schools. “@BilldeBlasio promised intensive public engagement about it but now wants total elimination.””— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

“A top official at The National Association for Gifted Children... said "equity in gifted education must be addressed" but de Blasio's plan falls short. "Though we support several aspects of Brilliant NYC... we are not confident that accelerated learning by itself will meet the needs of our gifted learners equally," Lauri Kirsch, president of the NAGC Board of Directors, said.”— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

““The elimination of the G&T program is just another example of this administration’s continued assault on high achieving students and accelerated learners," said Yiatin Chu, co-president of PLACE NYC, a New York City advocacy group.”— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

“Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson, writing for the Court, explained that under this framework, “plaintiffs who are members of a majority group bear an additional burden … : They must also establish background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.” The imposition of this additional burden, Justice Jackson wrote, “cannot be squared with the text of Title VII or our longstanding precedents.””— U.S. Supreme Court Reverses ‘Reverse’ Employment Discrimination Pleading Standard

“Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the Court’s opinion in full but wrote separately “to highlight the problems that arise when judges create atextual legal rules and frameworks.” In their concurrence, Justices Thomas and Gorsuch criticized the longstanding McDonnell Douglas framework”— U.S. Supreme Court Reverses ‘Reverse’ Employment Discrimination Pleading Standard

“"We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based," Mr. Trump said in his inauguration speech on Monday.”— Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave

“"We passed my amendments slashing DEI bureaucrats, banning race and gender quotas in military recruiting and promotions... and end drag shows at our military bases," Banks told Fox News Digital last month.”— White House slams GOP’s anti-woke defense bill, says diversity gives US a ‘strategic advantage’

““States have many legitimate grounds to proscribe same-sex deviate sexual intercourse,” Johnson wrote in a July 2003 op-ed, calling it a public health concern.”— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex | CNN Politics

“In September 2004, Johnson wrote in support of a Louisiana amendment banning same-sex marriage saying it could lead to people marrying their pets.”— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex | CNN Politics

““This isn’t protest or freedom of speech, it’s racism and it should have no place in our society” Laura Pye speaks out about the distressing scenes witnessed on the streets of Liverpool and across the UK.”— Anti-racism at National Museums Liverpool

“"someone with first person knowledge" of Harvard's presidential search had informed him that "the committee would not consider a candidate who did not meet the DEI office's criteria."”— Billionaire and Harvard grad Bill Ackman suggests Harvard president was a DEI pick

“Ackman... suggested... the university's president had landed her job due to the institution's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies”— Billionaire and Harvard grad Bill Ackman suggests Harvard president was a DEI pick

“Ukip leader Nigel Farage (pictured on ITV's GMB this morning) said Brexit will help immigration become a 'non-issue' in the UK because it would allow us to cut net migration to under 50,000”— More black people will come to Britain if we leave the EU, says Farage

“What has happened, because of the huge numbers of people coming from the EU, is it's now very difficult for somebody who's qualified from India or from Africa to get into this country... actually more black people would qualify to come in under that.”— More black people will come to Britain if we leave the EU, says Farage

““Over the next decade, United will train 5,000 pilots who will be guaranteed a job with United, after they complete the requirements of the Aviate program -- and our plan is for half of them to be women and people of color,” United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said in a news release.”— United Airlines sets new diversity goal for pilot training

“That is the result of actions by two presidents: Barack Obama, who issued Executive Order 13583, which laid the groundwork for many national “diversity” initiatives”— The Coming Fight to Abolish DEI

“and Joseph Biden, who signed Executive Orders 13985 and 14035, which entrenched DEI principles into every federal department and routed billions of dollars toward advancing this ideology throughout American society.”— The Coming Fight to Abolish DEI

“The purpose of DEI is to transform the systems that harm people, Janice Gassam Asare, author of 'Decentering Whiteness in the Workplace: A Guide for Equity and Inclusion,' tells Axios. DEI forces people to have difficult conversations about systems that discriminate, and it doesn't single out white people or call all of them racist, Asare said.”— Anti-DEI bills targeting colleges have surged since 2021

“"We fight DEI because we see it as a mortal threat to the American way of life," Claremont Institute president Ryan P. Williams and state coalitions senior director Scott Yenor recently wrote on the think tank's website.”— Anti-DEI bills targeting colleges have surged since 2021

“"The backlash is real. And I mean, in ways that I've actually never seen it before," he says. "CEOs are literally putting the brakes on this DE&I work that was running strong"”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“After George Floyd, the chief diversity officer role "was the hottest position in America," says Kevin Clayton... Companies were hiring for these positions "out of guilt,"”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“widespread attacks from lawmakers, high-profile rich guys and conservative activists like former Trump aide Stephen Miller.”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

““The EDUCATE Act compels medical schools and accrediting bodies to ditch the discriminatory, divisive, and harmful nature of DEI initiatives. While diversity enriches the fabric of medicine, it must not be achieved through exclusionary practices. Patients care about a doctor’s ability to perform their job well, not their political beliefs. Medicine relies on objectivity and dedication to excellence and attempts to inject political ideology into the field are wholly inappropriate.””— Congressman Greg Murphy introduces ‘EDUCATE Act’ to ban DEI at medical schools

“Judge Beth Robinson of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit suggested to Pfizer that the appeal appears moot”— Pfizer Diversity Program Suit in Doubt as Appeal May Be Moot

“Blum told Bloomberg Law AAER is “satisfied that this illegal policy was changed to include everyone, ...”— Blum’s Group Drops DEI Lawsuit Against Morrison Foerster (2)

“The defence sources accused Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, the head of the RAF, of appearing willing to compromise UK security at a time of growing threats from Russia and China in pursuit of albeit important goals such as improving diversity and inclusion.”— RAF 'pauses job offers for white men' to meet 'impossible' diversity targets

“The head of RAF recruitment has resigned in protest at an "effective pause" on offering jobs to white male recruits in favour of women and ethnic minorities, defence sources have claimed.”— RAF 'pauses job offers for white men' to meet 'impossible' diversity targets

“Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the head of the armed forces, used his first public speech in-post last December to stress the importance of striving for better diversity. He said this was not "about wokefulness. It is about woefulness. The woefulness of too few women. The woefulness of not reflecting the ethnic, religious and cognitive diversity of our nation."”— RAF 'pauses job offers for white men' to meet 'impossible' diversity targets

“Jeremy Carl tells us how we got here, in this excellent and extremely timely book, and what we should do to encourage and manage this process.”— The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart (Jeremy Carl) - The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past

“Jack Montgomery, Assistant Editor at Breitbart, tweeted: "Anti-white hiring practices at the BBC again, I see. Interesting they claim this isn't illegal race discrimination because these are 'internships' and 'training and development opportunities' rather than 'jobs'- yet the ads clearly display a 'job title' and 'job description'."”— BBC defends banning white candidates from media placements

“A UKIP spokesperson told Blasting News: "There is nothing wrong with the BBC making these types of programmes. However, to think that the whole white community cannot know anything about what happens in the ethnic community is ridiculous. If it was the other way round, and people of an ethnic background were excluded from applying for this internship, there would be more outrage."”— BBC defends banning white candidates from media placements

““That is unlawful at the moment. If you want to do something to give a shock to the system and say we can’t wait to 2052, I think we need to do something different.””— Police leader calls for laws to allow positive race discrimination

““Corporate executives should not receive additional compensation because they were effective in illegally discriminating against applicants and employees. Salesforce should not be permitted to so flagrantly violate Title VII and the rule of law. Implementing hiring quotas and then encouraging executives to meet these quotas through compensation benefits should not be tolerated. The EEOC must begin regning in these corporate oversteps. Otherwise, the discrimination will become more overt and harmful to all Americans.” said Nick Barry.”— America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Salesforce for Race and Sex-Based Discrimination; Warns Management of Violations of Fiduciary Duties

“Lori Castillo Martinez, Our 2023 Annual Equality Update: Where We Are and Where We’re Going, SALESFORCE, (Feb. 28, 2023), https://sforce.co/3Xc6Ep7”— Salesforce Board Letter 10042023

“On August 27, 2020, Craig Cuffie (then the Salesforce Chief Procurement Officer) announced that “[Salesforce is] committed to spending $100 million with Black-owned businesses over the next three years. Salesforce Ventures, our venture arm, has also committed to invest $100 million in companies led by Black and underrepresented founders.””— Salesforce Board Letter 10042023

““The pilot shortage for the industry is real,” Scott Kirby, the chief executive of United Airlines, told analysts and reporters on Thursday. “Most airlines are simply not going to be able to realize their capacity plans because there simply aren’t enough pilots, at least for the next five-plus years.””— The End of the All-Male, All-White Cockpit

““It just continues to reinforce this image,” Dr. Meyer said. “This simultaneously plays into this often subconscious association between whiteness and maleness and technical competence.””— The End of the All-Male, All-White Cockpit

““JCCC’s discriminatory curriculum has led to increased racial animosity toward Caucasian teachers and students,” reported Eric Early, a Republican candidate for California attorney general.”— It’s Not ‘Identity Politics,’ It’s Anti-White Politics - ILANA MERCER

“Twitter user and activist April Reign first tweeted “#OscarsSoWhite they asked to touch my hair” on January 15, 2015, in immediate response to all 20 acting nominations for the year’s upcoming Academy Awards being given to white actors.”— What Is the Significance of the #OscarsSoWhite Hashtag? | Britannica

“Our line of thinking here is inspired by [critical race theory godfather Derrick] Bell’s scholarship—especially his paper “Racism Is Here to Stay: Now What?””— Against Detached Entitlement In Liberal Intellectual Spaces

“Bell urged activists to adopt a stance of ‘racial realism’—assuming that racism is a permanent feature of life in the United States.”— Against Detached Entitlement In Liberal Intellectual Spaces

Organizations Involved

The New York Times news section promoted the assumption by framing reverse discrimination claims with sneer quotes and treating them as conspiracy theories rather than empirical patterns. Its coverage consistently portrayed affirmative action as harmless to whites while dismissing contrary evidence from admissions data and lawsuits. The paper's influence helped embed the view among policymakers and educated readers for decades. Even after court rulings exposed preferences, the Times maintained a skeptical tone toward white complaints. ^[1]

The NAACP denied any evidence of discrimination against whites stemming from civil rights policies, using its authority as the nation's oldest civil rights organization to shape legal and public understanding. It reinforced the idea that racism required institutional power that minorities could not wield. The organization opposed efforts to document or remedy anti-white bias in hiring and admissions. Its stance lent moral cover to continued racial preferences. ^[1]

The EEOC enforced disparate impact liability through lawsuits and guidelines that treated neutral practices like criminal background checks as presumptively discriminatory unless employers proved job necessity and the absence of alternatives. The agency achieved favorable outcomes in 96 percent of district court cases and near-total settlement rates in investigations. It created a compliance bureaucracy that incentivized companies to adopt race-conscious measures to avoid litigation. This power shaped corporate behavior nationwide for decades. ^[20]

Harvard University maintained race-conscious admissions that admitted Black students at substantially lower qualification levels than whites or Asians, producing large performance gaps after enrollment. The university defended these policies as essential for diversity until the Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional in 2023. Harvard's practices influenced peer institutions and became a focal point for litigation. Its internal data, revealed under oath, showed the scale of preferences. ^[11][31]

The U.S. Naval Academy previously defended affirmative action in admissions as vital for diversity and national security before ending the policy in February 2025 under federal pressure. It reviewed and removed DEI-themed books from its Nimitz Library following Defense Department directives. The academy's shift illustrated how institutional power once used to promote the assumption later enforced its retraction. ^[19]

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“One of the weirder things about the New York Times is how it so often treats the racial preferences era that began in 1969 as more or less a racist conspiracy theory for which there is no good evidence and thus must be referred to within quotation marks.”— Are the 57 Years of Affirmative Action a Conspiracy Theory?

“while an enormous amount of data is routinely collected by the government for civil rights enforcement purposes, the data behind college admissions decisions have been kept almost totally secret.”— Mrs. McMahon Orders Colleges to 'Fess Up

“such as in the Supreme Court’s Harvard case in 2023, colleges are forced under oath to reveal how they decide whom to let in.”— Mrs. McMahon Orders Colleges to 'Fess Up

“In the rare instances when the mainstream media admits that affirmative action actually exists, the usual rationalization is that you can’t be racist against whites because they have power.”— What's Trump doing right?

“In 2011, the year I moved to Los Angeles, white men were 48 percent of lower-level TV writers; by 2024, they accounted for just 11.9 percent….”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“Harvard has gone from being 25% Jewish in the 1990s and 2000s to under 10% today.”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“Museum boards now diversify by getting Jews to resign. A well-respected Jewish curator at the Guggenheim is purged after she puts on a Basquiat show. At the Art Institute of Chicago, even the nice Jewish lady volunteers are terminated for having the wrong ethnic background….”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“In 2012 the Times included seven white American men under the age of 43 (the cut-off for a millennial today); in 2013 there were six, in 2014 there were six. ... By 2021, there was not one white male millennial on the “Notable Fiction” list. There were none again in 2022, and just one apiece in 2023 and 2024 (since 2021, just 2 of 72 millennials featured were white American men).”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“Perhaps most astonishingly, not a single white American man born after 1984 has published a work of literary fiction in The New Yorker (at least 24, and probably closer to 30, younger millennials have been published in total).”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“Esquire, a magazine ostensibly geared towards male millennials, has featured 53 millennial fiction writers on its year-end book lists since 2020. Only one was a white American man.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“The Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford, a launching pad for young writers, currently has zero white male fiction and poetry fellows (of 25 fiction fellows since 2020, just one was a white man).”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“With or without quotas, The Atlantic succeeded in hiring fewer of these white males. Since 2020, nearly two-thirds of The Atlantic's hires have been women, along with nearly 50 percent”— The Lost Generation

“White men fell from 39 percent of tenure-track positions in the humanities at Harvard in 2014 to 18 percent in 2023.”— The Lost Generation

“Reverse Racism is a Myth”— Myth of Reverse Racism | Unpacking the Realities

“Leveraging data from the SFFA v. Harvard case, we can see how this turns out: at each level of academic qualification, Black students were substantially more likely to be admitted compared to Whites. Couple this with the fact that almost everyone who’s admitted eventually graduates from Harvard, and you wind up with a large affirmative action-driven racial performance gap among graduates.”— Yes, Affirmative Action Justifies Discrimination

“Thanks to admissions data exfiltrated from Columbia and NYU, as well as a court case against the U.S. Naval Academy, and comparisons with other universities like the Ivy-11 or just Yale, we know this holds in many other places too.”— Yes, Affirmative Action Justifies Discrimination

“Jeremy Carl, author of “The Unprotected Class,” appeared before the Senate after being nominated for a major State Department post.”— Congress Puzzles Over White Culture

“Jared Taylor and Paul Kersey marvel at Atlanta’s refusal to dismantle 50 years of brazen race preferences.”— Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides

“Philadelphia and the city’s police department on behalf of five white male officers who claim they were denied promotions and career advancements due to their race and sex.”— Lawsuit accuses Philly of denying promotions for 5 white police officers

“A conservative nonprofit is suing Philadelphia and the city’s police department on behalf of five white male officers who claim they were denied promotions and career advancements due to their race and sex.”— Lawsuit accuses Philly of denying promotions for 5 white police officers

“The U.S. Naval Academy said it had ended its use of affirmative action in admissions, reversing a policy it previously defended as essential for diversity and national security, according to a federal court filing on Friday.”— Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office has ordered the Naval Academy to identify books related to so-called diversity, equity and inclusion themes that are housed in the school’s Nimitz Library, and to remove them from circulation.”— Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions

““Federal law mandates that employment practices causing a disparate impact because of race or other protected classifications must be shown by the employer to be necessary to ensure the safe and efficient performance of the particular jobs at issue,” EEOC attorney Debra M. Lawrence said in a statement.”— How the EEOC built America's secret police, and got companies to pay for it

“the EEOC gets the outcome they want from the district judge 96% of the time — and attorneys on both sides know this — so only 0.1% of cases go to court.”— How the EEOC built America's secret police, and got companies to pay for it

“Conservatives argue the new inspector general role is necessary because the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, which oversees campus compliance with nondiscrimination law, has proven unable or unwilling to enforce the rules on the books.”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“Les plus grandes entreprises américaines ont récompensé les émeutiers en s’engageant à hauteur de près de 100 milliards de dollars auprès des organisations Black Lives Matter.”— Jared Taylor : « Pour que les Blancs puissent défendre leurs terres et leur culture, ils doivent se libérer de l'illusion suicidaire qu'ils ont été une présence malveillante sur la planète » [Interview]

“Atlanta’s refusal to dismantle 50 years of brazen race preferences.”— Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides

“It can take over four years for the office to resolve discrimination cases, said Mark Perry... And schools often avoid punishment by making superficial changes that let the discrimination persist.”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“Columbia Law School even announced that it would require short video statements from applicants to provide "insight into their personal strengths." The plan, which would have given admissions officers a visual proxy for race, was junked after the Free Beacon asked Columbia for comment.”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“The New York Times solemnly promised “sweeping” reforms... The Washington Post declared it would become “the most diverse and inclusive newsroom in the country.” ... NPR went further still, declaring that diversity was nothing less than its “North Star.””— The Lost Generation

“But the writers room was small, he explained apologetically, and the higher-level writers were all white men. They couldn’t have an all-white-male room.”— The Lost Generation

“White men fell from 39 percent of tenure-track positions in the humanities at Harvard in 2014 to 18 percent in 2023.”— The Lost Generation

“A lawsuit from America First Legal accuses Philadelphia Police of denying promotions for five white male officers based on their race and sex.”— Lawsuit accuses Philly of denying promotions for 5 white police officers

“The city eliminated the policy in 2021 in an effort to give the city more flexibility in addressing recruitment and diversity challenges in the wake of the death of George Floyd and the national conversation on race that followed.”— Lawsuit accuses Philly of denying promotions for 5 white police officers

“The report, from the nonprofit advocacy group Class Action”— Ending college affirmative action didn’t devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it - The Boston Globe

“Over the past few years in the U.S., more than a hundred federal lawsuits have been filed challenging diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in companies, firms, universities, and the public sector.”— The Upside of Opening Up DEI Programs to Everyone

“Among federal health workers, Black employees have reportedly been the focus of a right-wing “D.E.I. watch list,” which published their names and salaries alongside their alleged D.E.I. crimes.”— The War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

“nearly 20 percent of the Harvard College student body is Asian-American, and 25 percent to 33 percent is Jewish, though Asian-Americans make up only 3 percent of the U.S. population and Jewish-Americans even less than 3 percent.”— The Dispossession of Christian Americans

“The same situation, says Unz, exists at other elite schools like Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Berkeley and Stanford”— The Dispossession of Christian Americans

“The German Evangelical Church (EKD) is being accused of racism after banning White children from attending a workshop on being “courageous and strong” during its Church Congress in Hanover on Wednesday.”— German Evangelical Church bans White children from workshop on being 'courageous and strong' at national congress

“There is also a workshop on “Critical Whiteness” where only White people were allowed to attend, namely White adults “who are not affected by racism.””— German Evangelical Church bans White children from workshop on being 'courageous and strong' at national congress

“The programs, schools, and centers of concern include but are not limited to the Divinity School, Graduate School of Education, School of Public Health”— Letter Sent to Harvard 2025 04 11

“the admissions programs used by the University of North Carolina and Harvard College violate the Constitution’s equal protection clause”— Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions

“After the lower courts upheld both North Carolina’s and Harvard’s admissions policies, the Blum’s group came to the Supreme Court”— Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions

“The University of Michigan awarded a very large degree of preference in undergraduate admissions to blacks over whites and Asians with the same credentials and background for every year analyzed (1999, 2003, 2004, and 2005).”— Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Michigan

“America First cited the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in February in a lawsuit against CBS and Paramount Global for what the group argued was discrimination against a white, straight man who was a writer for the show "Seal Team" in 2017. In February, the group filed a civil rights complaint against the NFL over its "Rooney Rule."”— Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people

“The Heritage Foundation's well-funded "Project 2025" envisions a second Trump administration ending what it calls "affirmative discrimination."”— Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people

“The group over the past year has accused more than a dozen companies—including Morgan Stanley, PricewaterhouseCoopers, McDonald’s, and ...”— Corporate Diversity Complaints Place EEOC in Thorny Spot

“A US civil rights agency finds itself in a difficult position after getting hit by requests from ex-Trump administration officials to investigate Activision Blizzard Inc., Kellogg Co., and other major corporations because their diversity policies allegedly violate federal anti-discrimination law.”— Corporate Diversity Complaints Place EEOC in Thorny Spot

“Businesses defending their racial diversity and inclusion programs in court are cutting down their eligibility criteriaâs references to minorities, a strategy that proved effective in prompting a conservative legal group to drop its discrimination case against Morrison & Foerster LLP.”— Employers Downplay the âDâ in DEI Programs to Avoid Lawsuits (1)

“Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, as well as Perkins Coie LLP, which is also facing a suit from Blumâs group, have made similar changes recently.”— Employers Downplay the âDâ in DEI Programs to Avoid Lawsuits (1)

“Blum’s two-year old group dropped a similar suit against Morrison Foerster on Oct. 6 after that firm changed its diversity, equity and inclusion fellowship.”— Perkins Coie DEI Suit Ended by Anti-Affirmative Action Group (1)

“Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher changed the eligibility criteria for its diversity scholarships, becoming at least the second major law firm to take the step as rivals face lawsuits targeting similar programs.”— Gibson Dunn Changes Diversity Award Criteria as Firms Face Suits

“The Departments initiate investigations of student discipline policies and practices at particular schools based on complaints the Departments receive from students, parents, community members, and others about possible racial discrimination in student discipline. The Departments also may initiate investigations based on public reports of racial disparities in student discipline combined with other information, or as part of their regular compliance monitoring activities.”— Dear Colleague Letter on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline

“Federal law prohibits public school districts from discriminating in the administration of student discipline based on certain personal characteristics.”— Dear Colleague Letter on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline

“When she entered Princeton on a scholarship in 1972 despite unspectacular test scores, Sotomayor recalls that the school was in only its third year of admitting women and had barely a handful of minority students.”— Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: A Proud ‘Product of Affirmative Action’

“the Philadelphia Police Department reported that in 2017, 23 hate crime victims were white... In 2018, the breakdown was 23 white... But on April 14, 2021, the department emailed me a new report... in 2018, three victims were white.”— In Philadelphia, the majority of hate crime victims were white people

“almost three-fourths of Trump voters and more than 60% of Republicans believed the fantastical claim that “discrimination against white people has become as big a problem as discrimination against Black people in the U.S.””— Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that’s very dangerous

“The internship is open only to "Black, Hispanic, Native American, and/or LGBTQ+ freshman undergraduate student[s]," according to Morgan Stanley’s website.”— Morgan Stanley Under Fire for Minority-Only Intern Program

“Princeton has allegedly encouraged its students to apply for the program, according to the letter.”— Morgan Stanley Under Fire for Minority-Only Intern Program

“A Washington Free Beacon review found that elite universities besides Princeton encouraged their students to pursue the program. Harvard’s office of career services encouraged students to apply to the program.”— Morgan Stanley Under Fire for Minority-Only Intern Program

“All three of these states were only following the Food and Drug Administration’s recommendations to enact this policy.”— Trump Is Right About Anti-White Discrimination

“At least three states —New York, Utah, and Minnesota—have prioritized nonwhites over whites for COVID therapeutics.”— Trump Is Right About Anti-White Discrimination

“The Utah Jazz is excluding white children from consideration for their scholarship program... The scholarship program, implemented by the basketball this year, promised a college scholarship to a student of color for every win the franchise earned.”— WATCH: Utah Gov. claims it’s not racist for white children to be excluded from Jazz-funded college scholarships

“CRT began in the United States in the post–civil rights era... CRT scholars in the 1970s and 1980s began reworking and expanding critical legal studies (CLS) theories...”— Critical race theory - Wikipedia

“Apple did not recruit U.S. citizens or permanent residents for jobs that were eligible for a federal program allowing employers to sponsor immigrant workers for green cards, in violation of a federal law that bars discrimination based on citizenship.”— Apple agrees to $25 million settlement with US over hiring of immigrants

“The settlement is the largest ever for the Justice Department involving claims of discrimination based on citizenship, the agency said.”— Apple agrees to $25 million settlement with US over hiring of immigrants

“Harris added that the "Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights," an administration document that recommends "proactive equity assessments as part of the system design," would establish "a minimum baseline of responsible AI practices" for private companies operating within the field.”— Kamala Harris: Admin has duty to stop AI 'algorithmic discrimination,' ensure benefits 'shared equitably'

“The AAF cited the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights as an example.”— Kamala Harris: Admin has duty to stop AI 'algorithmic discrimination,' ensure benefits 'shared equitably'

“Salesforce lists its desired hiring outcomes or quotas as the following: • 40% of employees globally to be women-identifying and non-binary by the end of 2026. • 50% increase in our U.S. representation of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Multiracial employees by the end of 2023. • An aim to increase Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Multiracial leadership by 50% by the end of 2023. To enforce these hiring quotas, Salesforce publicly states that it includes “representation goals as part of our executive compensation programs.””— Request for Investigation of Salesforce, Inc.

“Further, to help Salesforce achieve its desired sex and race “balance,” the company has created “equality groups.”8 For example, the “BOLDforce” is designed to “expand and empower the Salesforce black community,”9 while the “Women’s Network,” is designed to “amplif[y] the progress of women in every step of their journey ... through professional and personal development.”10 Tellingly, there are no comparable programs for white or male employees.”— Request for Investigation of Salesforce, Inc.

“People who become civil rights lawyers or EEOC bureaucrats tend to be extremely woke, and it is their interpretations of the law that shape how institutions can behave.”— The Law that Banned Everything

“The Atlantic’s editorial staff went from 53 percent male and 89 percent white in 2013 to 36 percent male and 66 percent white in 2024.”— People Are Getting Tired of Discrimination - Even Against White Men

“White men fell from 39 percent of tenure-track positions in the humanities at Harvard in 2014 to 18 percent in 2023.”— People Are Getting Tired of Discrimination - Even Against White Men

“since the 2000s, a wave of consolidation means there are just three big ones, each of which is owned by a big insurer. They are Caremark (CVS), OptumRx (UnitedHealth Group), and Express Scripts (Cigna).”— The One Simple Thing That Makes the U.S. Economy Unmanageable

“Since 2022, Brown has hired forty-five tenure track professors in the humanities and social sciences. Just three were white American men.”— Academia does discriminate against white men

“he points out that the Disney Writing Program “has awarded 107 writing fellowships and 17 directing fellowships over the past decade—none to white men”.”— Academia does discriminate against white men

“After years of conservative complaints, the Justice Department moved Tuesday to kill a decades-old provision of civil rights law that allows statistical disparities to be used as proof of racial discrimination.”— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“For example, at the marketing research company where I primarily worked in the 1980s-1990s, our biggest client, Procter & Gamble, had gone to considerable trouble and expense to hire consultants to document persuasively to the EEOC that P&G had a business necessity of continuing to use its famous hiring exam.”— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“The majority of the Harvard faculty (which has most of the power in tenure decisions) remains up in arms against Summers' sexist allegation that they don't actually discriminate much against women.”— Scandal! A Trump Nominee Is Not Ignorant of Basic Psychometrics

“A shocking scandal reported in the Washington Post’s news columns: Trump’s BLS nominee discussed controversial theory on gender IQ with interns.”— Scandal! A Trump Nominee Is Not Ignorant of Basic Psychometrics

“Here we analyze 685,709 first-year college applications submitted by 292,795 Asian American and white students to the “Ivy-11”, an 11-college subset of 13 highly selective colleges often included among the “Ivy-Plus”.”— Whom Do Colleges Discriminate Against Most?

“For students admitted in the 2018–2019 admissions cycle, both these 13 “Ivy-Plus” colleges and the “Ivy-11” colleges we consider have yield rates between 54 and 82%, and acceptance rates between 4.2 and 10.6%.”— Whom Do Colleges Discriminate Against Most?

“both the trial court and an appeals court, the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, ruled against Ames because of an unusual rule applied by the 6th Circuit and a few other courts. 5/12ths of the United States.”— Vox: "Baffling" that Supreme Court tolerated racist anti-white rule for 44 years

“The Transportation Department initiative, which serves an estimated 49,000 contractors, was a key lifeline for many minority- and women-owned businesses.”— Trump calls for axing of $37 billion quota

““The Trump administration won’t stick up for minority- and women-owned businesses, so we will,” Democracy Forward, the left-leaning nonprofit representing a group of contractors composed of underrepresented groups, said Wednesday on the social media site Bluesky.”— Trump calls for axing of $37 billion quota

“One of the largest settlements involved Walmart, which in 2020 agreed to a $20 million settlement in a case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that claimed the company’s practice of giving physical ability tests”— Am I better informed about reality because I'm evil?

“Disparate income theory goes back to the 1971 Griggs decision by the Supreme Court that, in effect, put the burden of proof on employers to prove the “business necessity” of their hiring policies that have unequal outcomes by race”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“After the Supreme Court rolled it back somewhat in 1989, Congress rewrote it into law in the 1991 Civil Rights Act signed by George H.W. Bush.”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“later defined by the EEOC as one race being hired at least 20% less than another race”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“Between 2001 and 2011, six white men won the New York Public Library’s Young Lions prize for debut fiction. Since 2020, not a single white man has even been nominated.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“The past decade has seen 70 finalists for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize—with again, not a single straight white American millennial man.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“Of 14 millennial finalists for the National Book Award during that same time period, exactly zero are white men.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“As the report of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression on DEI statements points out, these statements require applicants to take a specific position on social and political issues that are highly contested.”— Quotas, Activist Scholarship, and Political Bias in Psychology

“In 2021, new hires at Condé Nast were just 25 percent male and 49 percent white; at the California Times, parent company of The Los Angeles Times and The San Diego Union-Tribune, they were just 39 percent male and 31 percent white. That year ProPublica hired 66 percent women and 58 percent people of color; at NPR, 78 percent of new hires were people of color.”— The Lost Generation

“By 2019, the newsrooms of ProPublica, The Washington Post, and The New York Times were majority female, as were New Media upstarts Vice, Vox, Buzzfeed, and The Huffington Post. ... The New York Times solemnly promised “sweeping” reforms—on top of the sweeping reforms it had already promised. The Washington Post declared it would become “the most diverse and inclusive newsroom in the country.””— The Lost Generation

“Nearly half of the federal appeals courts had required men and white people and other members of majority groups to meet a more demanding standard when they sued for workplace discrimination.”— Supreme Court Rules 1964 Civil Rights Act Also Protects Whites

“De Blasio’s announcement... sent shock waves through New York City... The move also puts de Blasio’s likely successor, Eric Adams, in a bind... “Clearly the Department of Education must improve outcomes for children from lower-income areas.””— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

“the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, reported in June that the city's public schools are the most segregated in the nation. “Two-thirds of a century after the Supreme Court said that segregated schools are ‘inherently unequal’ New York is a national epicenter of racial segregation in unequal schools,” Gary Orfield, co-director of the Civil Rights Project, wrote.”— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

“overturning precedent held by five federal circuit courts of appeals.”— U.S. Supreme Court Reverses ‘Reverse’ Employment Discrimination Pleading Standard

“The Supreme Court’s decision resolves a split in the circuits and now all courts must evaluate claims brought by majority group plaintiffs under the same framework as any other Title VII claim”— U.S. Supreme Court Reverses ‘Reverse’ Employment Discrimination Pleading Standard

“Though the district court and circuit court analyzed Ames' claims under the well-known McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973) framework, because Ames is heterosexual and, therefore, a member of a majority group, it required Ames to meet the additional burden”— U.S. Supreme Court Holds No Higher Standard for "Majority Group" Discrimination Claims

“the methods for establishing and evaluating a claim—the allegations made and necessary evidence—vary across federal circuits.”— RACE-BASED REVERSE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS: A COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR CAUCASIAN PLAINTIFFS

“"DoD’s strategic advantage in a complex global security environment is the diverse and dynamic talent pool from which we draw," the White House statement of administration policy said.”— White House slams GOP’s anti-woke defense bill, says diversity gives US a ‘strategic advantage’

“Republicans have insisted the DEIA programs at the Pentagon are "woke" distractions from their intended responsibilities.”— White House slams GOP’s anti-woke defense bill, says diversity gives US a ‘strategic advantage’

“ADF wrote an amicus brief in the case which supported maintaining criminalization.”— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex | CNN Politics

“National Museums Liverpool is committed to being an anti-racist organisation. ... We will be visible, bold and confident in these efforts to support our workforce and partners as well as ensure we use our influence as a national museum service to do more to drive anti-racism within our sector and wider society.”— Anti-racism at National Museums Liverpool

“A memo from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Tuesday evening called for all federal DEI employees to be placed on leave by Wednesday evening.”— Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave

“The memo from OPM sent Tuesday directs the heads of all U.S. agencies to place all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles on leave by 5 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday. Agencies must also "take down all outward facing media (websites, social media accounts, etc.) of DEIA offices," cancel upcoming DEI trainings and terminate contracts with DEI-related contractors by the same time Wednesday.”— Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave

“"the committee would not consider a candidate who did not meet the DEI office's criteria."”— Billionaire and Harvard grad Bill Ackman suggests Harvard president was a DEI pick

“The companies include industry giants Apple, Wells Fargo and Walmart. Of the 88 companies, which employ a combined 9 million people, 74 saw an increase in the number of workers of color from 2020 to 2021.”— Major US companies gave 94% of new jobs to people of color in 2021, report says

“More black people will be allowed to come to Britain if we leave the EU, Ukip leader Nigel Farage said this morning.”— More black people will come to Britain if we leave the EU, says Farage

“United Airlines began accepting applications for its new flight school on Tuesday and promised to focus on diversity in its push to train 5,000 new pilots by 2030.”— United Airlines sets new diversity goal for pilot training

“22 Pa. Code § 49.14(4)(i) requires the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to identify competencies and develop associated standards for educator training in culturally relevant and sustaining education (CR-SE).”— Culturally2023 Relevant and Sustaining Education Program Framework Guidelines

“COMPETENCIES: CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND SUSTAINING EDUCATION (CR-SE)”— Culturally2023 Relevant and Sustaining Education Program Framework Guidelines

“how DEI bureaucracies became embedded in the federal government”— The Coming Fight to Abolish DEI

“The Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in coordination with the President's Management Council (PMC) and the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), shall: (a) establish a coordinated Government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the Federal workforce;”— Executive Order 13583-- Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce

“Leaders of the University of Michigan, one of America’s most prestigious public universities, like to say that their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is inseparable from the pursuit of academic excellence.”— The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?

“Michigan has poured roughly a quarter of a billion dollars into D.E.I. since 2016, according to an internal presentation I obtained. A 2021 report from the conservative Heritage Foundation examining the growth of D.E.I. programs across higher education — the only such study that currently exists — found Michigan to have by far the largest D.E.I. bureaucracy of any large public university.”— The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?

“behind the scenes they're fed up with DEI, Johnny Taylor, president of the Society for Human Resource Management said”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“many have been filed over these programs, more than 20 by Miller's America First Legal.”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“Comcast expanded a small business grant program called Rise... But in 2022, Comcast was sued by an anti-DEI group... That suit settled in late 2022, and the following year the Rise press release contained no language about race.”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“The EDUCATE Act is intended to ban race-based mandates at medical schools and accrediting institutions.”— Congressman Greg Murphy introduces ‘EDUCATE Act’ to ban DEI at medical schools

“Pfizer Inc.â€˜s fellowship program aimed at building a diverse workforce”— Pfizer Diversity Program Suit in Doubt as Appeal May Be Moot

“Blum’s group sued Morrison Foerster and Perkins Coie in August over its DEI eligibility criteria. Morrison Foerster made its fellowship criteria race and gender neutral in August.”— Blum’s Group Drops DEI Lawsuit Against Morrison Foerster (2)

“The American Alliance for Equal Rights “voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit before Morrison Foerster had responded to the complaint,” the firm said in a statement.”— Blum’s Group Drops DEI Lawsuit Against Morrison Foerster (2)

“The RAF - which was the first of the services to open all roles to women and already has the highest ratio of females - is aiming to go further. It wants the ratio of female air force recruits to hit 40% by the end of the decade - more than double the current level. The target for ethnic minorities is to reach 20% of all air force recruits within the same timeframe, up from around 10%.”— RAF 'pauses job offers for white men' to meet 'impossible' diversity targets

“The MOD has announced it aims to increase the ratio of female recruits coming into the armed forces in general to 30% by 2030 from around 12%.”— RAF 'pauses job offers for white men' to meet 'impossible' diversity targets

“Last week, New York proudly announced, without fear of pushback to their technically illegal actions, that the city had awarded contracts worth $2.3 billion to repair JFK Airport; white men need not apply.”— The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart (Jeremy Carl) - The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past

“A BBC spokesperson told Blasting News: "This scheme is organised by Creative Access, an independent organisation dedicated to increasing diversity in the creative industries... Such schemes are allowed as under the Equality Act and we're proud to be taking part."”— BBC defends banning white candidates from media placements

“"This scheme is organised by Creative Access, an independent organisation dedicated to increasing diversity in the creative industries, whose other partners include ITV, United Agents, Faber and Faber, and John Murray."”— BBC defends banning white candidates from media placements

“Thornton is the chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council”— Police leader calls for laws to allow positive race discrimination

“the Department of the Treasury recently held a seminar that promoted arguments that “virtually all White people, regardless of how ‘woke’ they are, contribute to racism,” and that instructed small group leaders to encourage employees to avoid “narratives” that Americans should “be more color-blind” or “let people’s skills and personalities be what differentiates them.” Training materials from Argonne National Laboratories, a Federal entity, stated that racism “is interwoven into every fabric of America” and described statements like “color blindness” and the “meritocracy” as “actions of bias.” Materials from Sandia National Laboratories, also a Federal entity, for non-minority males stated that an emphasis on “rationality over emotionality” was a characteristic of “white male[s],” and asked those present to “acknowledge” their “privilege” to each other. A Smithsonian Institution museum graphic recently claimed that concepts like “[o]bjective, rational linear thinking,” “[h]ard work” being “the key to success,” the “nuclear family,” and belief in a single god are not values that unite Americans of all races but are instead “aspects and assumptions of whiteness.””— Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping

“Salesforce openly admits to racial, sexual, and gender discrimination in its recruitment and hiring programs. Since at least 2019, Salesforce has engaged in discriminatory hiring and promotion processes using a “Racial Equity and Justice Taskforce.””— America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Salesforce for Race and Sex-Based Discrimination; Warns Management of Violations of Fiduciary Duties

“Moreover, in the spring of 2023, Salesforce announced the launch of a new gender-discriminatory hiring program designed to favor candidates identifying as “non-binary” or “female.” Salesforce lists its desired hiring outcomes or quotas as the following:”— America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Salesforce for Race and Sex-Based Discrimination; Warns Management of Violations of Fiduciary Duties

“Salesforce openly admits—even touts—its racial, sexual, and gender discrimination in its recruitment and hiring programs. Since at least 2019, Salesforce has engaged in discriminatory hiring and promotion processes using a “Racial Equity and Justice Taskforce.””— Salesforce Board Letter 10042023

“United recently launched a flight school with the aim of hiring thousands of pilots in the years ahead, at least half of them women or people of color.”— The End of the All-Male, All-White Cockpit

“In 2018, American launched a partnership with flight schools in Arizona, Florida and Texas, offering prospective pilots training, financing and mentoring, with an eye toward diversity.”— The End of the All-Male, All-White Cockpit

“It wasn’t until she arrived at the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. Flight Academy, which was started by the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals”— The End of the All-Male, All-White Cockpit

“The Academy responded to the second wave of criticisms in 2016 with the announcement of set goals to invite a wider breadth of actors and filmmakers to join their ranks by 2020”— What Is the Significance of the #OscarsSoWhite Hashtag? | Britannica

“until recently Harvard touted, right on its website, the reduction in the proportion of white male faculty members: Her letter also highlights a bunch of programs, across Harvard’s sprawling system galaxy of academic offerings, geared at bringing more non-white students and academics into the fold.”— Of Course Liberal Institutions Are Engaging In Illegal Hiring Practices On The Basis Of Race

“Andrea R. Lucas, the acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Trump administration laid out its argument:”— Of Course Liberal Institutions Are Engaging In Illegal Hiring Practices On The Basis Of Race

“Yesterday, Inside Higher Ed ran a column headlined “Affirmative Action Is Probably Dead: Now What?””— Against Detached Entitlement In Liberal Intellectual Spaces

“The University of Michigan has concluded that while targeted recruiting and outreach efforts, combined with emphasis on socioeconomic factors in admissions, are helpful in increasing attendance by underrepresented minorities, such measures are not themselves sufficient”— Against Detached Entitlement In Liberal Intellectual Spaces

The Foundation

The belief that civil rights protections and affirmative action did not discriminate against white people rested on the honest observation that these measures aimed to remedy centuries of explicit exclusion of Black Americans from education and employment. Thoughtful observers in the 1960s and 1970s saw undeniable historical barriers and reasoned that temporary preferences could open doors without permanently harming others, especially since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 promised equal treatment for all. The kernel of truth lay in the real underrepresentation that followed legal segregation. A reasonable, informed person at the time could conclude that such policies corrected imbalances without violating the principle of individual merit, given the moral weight of past injustice. ^[1][27]

That foundation generated sub-beliefs that any group disparity proved unfair white advantage and that diversity in classrooms would produce measurably better outcomes. The 1978 Bakke decision enshrined the idea that racial preferences served compelling educational interests through varied perspectives, seeming persuasive when few empirical tests existed. Proponents pointed to historical power imbalances and argued current whites inherited unearned privilege that justified correction. These claims spread through academia and media as conventional wisdom. Yet mounting evidence from admissions data, employment statistics, and replication failures challenged the causal links. ^[4][11]

Later studies claimed benefits such as improved doctor-patient matching or corporate performance from diversity, propping up the assumption with apparent real-world gains. These findings appeared credible in meta-analyses and policy reports but often failed independent replication or ignored zero-sum tradeoffs. Critics like Hal Arkes and Philip Tetlock argued that implicit bias measures captured mere associations rather than endorsed prejudice, yet their cautions remained minority views for years. A substantial body of experts now question whether the predicted benefits materialized while costs to non-preferred groups accumulated. Significant evidence from court records and enrollment patterns challenges the original framing. ^[10][11]

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“When asked whether protections that began in the 1960s, spurred by the passage of the Civil Rights Act, had resulted in discrimination against white men, Mr. Trump said he believed “a lot of people were very badly treated.””— Are the 57 Years of Affirmative Action a Conspiracy Theory?

“We are supposed to believe in the pervasiveness of “systemic racism” plaguing blacks.”— Mrs. McMahon Orders Colleges to 'Fess Up

“The liberal establishment view has been that civil rights laws exist not to benefit all American citizens like they appear to read, but solely to benefit nonwhites, even at the cost of injustice to individual whites. But anyway, whites can’t be the victims of racism today because their ancestors were powerful in the past and, therefore, today’s whites racially deserve to be the victims of discrimination.”— A Matter of Preference

“The 1978 Bakke decision ruled that affirmative action as reparations to make up for the past is unconstitutional, but discriminating against whites in college admissions is okay because diverse classroom discussions will therefore be so scintillatingly brilliant. Well, that didn’t happen.”— What's Trump doing right?

“Another argument has been that previous generations of whites benefited from racism. Okay, but, 56 years later, we are now two generations into the affirmative action era.”— What's Trump doing right?

“The DEI Era, which seemed to begin roughly with Obama’s re-election in November 2012, simplified this response by arguing that whites are evil and therefore deserve discrimination, now and forever.”— What's Trump doing right?

“The new DEI regime treats any disparity between groups as evidence of unfair advantage—and yet we’re supposed to think it’s a coincidence that Jewish representation plummets at the exact moment America frantically pushes to racially rebalance all high-status industries.”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“One of the weirdest aspects of the orgy of racist antiwhite hate during the Great Awokening was how the mainstream establishment went out of their way to clearly document just how viciously they wished to discriminate against white men.”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“The new DEI regime treats any disparity between groups as evidence of unfair advantage—and yet we’re supposed to think it’s a coincidence that Jewish representation plummets at the exact moment America frantically pushes to racially rebalance all high-status industries. ... When activists and journalists and executives talk about how Broadway or NPR or publishing is “too white,” what they really mean is “too Jewish.””— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“All those attacks on the “litbro,” the mockery of male literary ambition—exemplified by the sudden cultural banishment of David Foster Wallace—have had a powerfully chilling effect. ... The antiseptic legacy of Obama-era MFA programs hangs over this generation (all three of the above authors graduated from Iowa).”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“a decade ago the prevailing critique of American journalism was that it was woefully lacking in gender and racial diversity. ... “New-media ventures like Vox, BuzzFeed and Politico...are trying to shake up the way people get news... But critics say… those newsrooms and leadership roles are overwhelmingly made up of white men.””— The Lost Generation

“While assumptions and stereotypes about white people do exist, this is considered racial prejudice, not racism. Racial prejudice refers to a set of discriminatory or derogatory attitudes based on assumptions derived from perceptions about race and/or skin colour. Thus, racial prejudice can indeed be directed at white people (e.g., “White people can’t dance”) but is not considered racism because of the systemic relationship to power.”— Myth of Reverse Racism | Unpacking the Realities

“CRT says that just because some minority groups (like Asians and Jews), indeed many minority individuals (be they black, Latino, Asian, Jewish, etc.), might be able to succeed within the system, the system is still oppressive.”— Critical Race Theory (Part 3): CRT Today, and Other Pressing Issues (…and is it Marxist? Well…Sort of!)

““If racism is largely economic in nature—a search for profits—and hyper-capitalism is increasingly showing itself as a flawed system, what follows for a theory of civil rights?””— Critical Race Theory (Part 3): CRT Today, and Other Pressing Issues (…and is it Marxist? Well…Sort of!)

“Explicit and implicit attitudes can be dissociated, such that one form of the attitude can be evaluatively positive, the other negative... prediction by implicit measures tends to be stronger (Poehlman, Uhlmann, Greenwald, & Banaji, 2004).”— No Place for Nostalgia in Science: A Response to Arkes and Tetlock

“Greenwald and Banaji (1995) defined implicit attitudes as “introspectively unidentified (or inaccurately identified) traces of past experience that mediate favorable or unfavorable feelings toward an attitude object” (p. 6).”— No Place for Nostalgia in Science: A Response to Arkes and Tetlock

“Selection reduced the initial 0.6 and 1.2 standard deviation gaps, at least among the selected, but it did not eliminate them. Beyond the selection threshold, there is still a gap... With affirmative action—a lower selection threshold—in place, there’s now a much larger performance gap between the higher-performing groups and the lower-performing one.”— Yes, Affirmative Action Justifies Discrimination

“A great many professional organizations and companies thought affirmative action in medicine was justified because of a paper that alleged to show that doctor-patient race matching helped to improve Black infant mortality rates. The paper turned out to have been analyzed inappropriately and, indeed, presented fraudulently... McKinsey produced a famous report that linked corporate board racial diversity to firm performance... The findings of the report also didn’t even hold up!”— Yes, Affirmative Action Justifies Discrimination

“Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides”— Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides

““Firstly, it will increase the diversity of candidate pools. Secondly, it will allow the City to leverage the use of alternate selection tools like training and experience as opposed to traditional “pen and paper” (a.k.a. standardized test) assessments,” a Philadelphia City Council spokesperson wrote in 2021.”— Lawsuit accuses Philly of denying promotions for 5 white police officers

“reversing a policy it previously defended as essential for diversity and national security”— Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions

“EEOC’s enforcement guidelines say the same — though their section on “less discriminatory alternatives” doesn’t actually suggest any alternatives.”— How the EEOC built America's secret police, and got companies to pay for it

“discrimination can be defined as broadly as “unwelcome verbal conduct” (i.e. saying things the complainant doesn’t like), so long as the investigator believes that the conduct is motivated by a discriminatory attitude toward protected characteristics.”— How the EEOC built America's secret police, and got companies to pay for it

“Aux États-Unis, le dogme veut que les Noirs et les Hispaniques soient aussi intelligents et travailleurs que les Blancs et qu’ils ne réussissent pas aussi bien que ces derniers uniquement en raison de la discrimination systématique dont ils font l’objet.”— Jared Taylor : « Pour que les Blancs puissent défendre leurs terres et leur culture, ils doivent se libérer de l'illusion suicidaire qu'ils ont été une présence malveillante sur la planète » [Interview]

“"universities can continue to discriminate year after year."”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“Democrats reacted with incredulity to the very idea that whites could be discriminated against.”— Congress Puzzles Over White Culture

“This was marrow-deep mush, starting with the fact that “leading campuses” have limited space for students of any color. If equality depends on the so-called Top 50 schools, we’re doomed. This entrenched elitistism fogs critics’ vision: When you’re an Ivy professor, only an Ivy education looks “leading.””— Ending college affirmative action didn’t devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it - The Boston Globe

“racial preferences worsen this exact problem... Affirmative action produced racial diversity that made it seem as if the admissions system was fair.”— Ending college affirmative action didn’t devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it - The Boston Globe

“Numerous studies have shown that most of the benefits of D.E.I. have accrued to white women. A report on board diversity from the consulting firm Deloitte and the Alliance for Board Diversity found that “white women made the largest percentage increase in board seats gained in both the Fortune 100 and Fortune 500.” According to recent data by the job-search site Zippia, more than seventy-five per cent of “chief diversity officers” are white, and more than half of them are white women.”— The War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

“Hispanic and black enrollment has reached 7 percent and 8 percent, respectively, slightly less than the 10 percent and 12 percent of the U.S. population that is Hispanic and black. This has been a cause of protests at Harvard, as Hispanics and African-Americans insist on more proportional representation.”— The Dispossession of Christian Americans

“The Church’s official program featured the seminar as a “protected space where children can sing or beatbox.” The church program for the day states children who attend will “develop strengths and strategies for dealing with experiences of racism.””— German Evangelical Church bans White children from workshop on being 'courageous and strong' at national congress

“The Church is not only being racist towards White children with its program, but the logic of its program is that White people cannot experience racism”— German Evangelical Church bans White children from workshop on being 'courageous and strong' at national congress

“The University must immediately shutter all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, offices, committees, positions, and initiatives, under whatever name, and stop all DEI-based policies”— Letter Sent to Harvard 2025 04 11

“The majority effectively, though not explicitly, overruled its 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, in which the court upheld the University of Michigan Law School’s consideration of race “as one factor among many, in an effort to assemble a student body that is diverse in ways broader than race.””— Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions

“Both programs, Roberts began, consider race as part of their admissions program for commendable goals, such as “training future leaders in the public and private sector” and “promoting the robust exchange of ideas.” But those goals are too vague for courts to measure”— Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions

“In the most recent year (2005) for which data were provided, the median black admittee’s SAT score was 1160, versus 1260 for Hispanics, 1350 for whites, and 1400 for Asians. High school GPAs were 3.4 for the median black, 3.6 for Hispanics, 3.8 for Asians, and 3.9 for whites.”— Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Michigan

“In 2005, a male Michigan resident with no parent ties to UM and with the same test scores and grades as the average black admittee would have the following chances of admission: a 43 percent chance if black, a 28 percent chance if Hispanic, a 0 percent chance if Asian, and a 1 percent chance if white.”— Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Michigan

“Between 1972 and 2003, an affirmative action mandate increased the shares of employment in technical occupations among federal contractors by 7.7 percent for Latina women and by 4.2 percent for Black men.”— How Diversity Policies Shape the US Labor Market

“affirmative action has also been found to reduce employment segregation, with Black and Native American workers achieving more representation in firms subject to affirmative action obligations during the 1970s and early 1980s relative to those that were not.”— How Diversity Policies Shape the US Labor Market

“The mismatch hypothesis lacks empirical support, and there are ongoing debates regarding its applicability in different contexts.”— How Diversity Policies Shape the US Labor Market

“America First cited the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in February in a lawsuit against CBS and Paramount Global for what the group argued was discrimination against a white, straight man... The rule... requires NFL teams to interview at least two minority candidates... "given the limited time frame to hire executives and coaches after the season, this results in fewer opportunities for similarly situated, well-qualified candidates who are not minorities."”— Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people

“about what it called “unlawful employment practices” that include diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.”— Corporate Diversity Complaints Place EEOC in Thorny Spot

“Businesses defending their racial diversity and inclusion programs in court are cutting down their eligibility criteriaâs references to minorities”— Employers Downplay the âDâ in DEI Programs to Avoid Lawsuits (1)

“The Departments strongly support schools in their efforts to create and maintain safe and orderly educational environments... Regardless of the program adopted, Federal law prohibits public school districts from discriminating in the administration of student discipline based on certain personal characteristics.”— Dear Colleague Letter on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline

“When she entered Princeton on a scholarship in 1972 despite unspectacular test scores... her accomplishments at Princeton, including receiving the highest prize given to seniors, earning a place in the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, and graduating with highest honors, speak for themselves.”— Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: A Proud ‘Product of Affirmative Action’

“data show Messina was part of the racial group most victimized by hate crimes in Philadelphia: white people.”— In Philadelphia, the majority of hate crime victims were white people

“A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll conducted … only days after the Buffalo killings found that 61% of Trump voters believed in the central claim of the “great replacement” theory that “a group of people in this country are trying to replace native-born Americans with immigrants and people of color who share their political views.””— Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that’s very dangerous

“Another new poll, this one conducted in April by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Tulchin Research, found that while a plurality of Americans had “a positive view of the country’s changing demographics,” that was not true for Republicans, “a majority of whom viewed those changes not only negatively, but as a threat to white Americans.””— Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that’s very dangerous

“The program keeps with the uptick in race-based benefits in recent years. Following George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, gig economy behemoths like Uber and Postmates waived delivery fees for black-owned restaurants.”— Morgan Stanley Under Fire for Minority-Only Intern Program

“The media claims this evidence just shows nonwhites need these particular treatments more than whites because of “systemic racism.””— Trump Is Right About Anti-White Discrimination

“"I think it's in response to unfortunately some very racist injustices that have happened for a long time... a history of racial injustice, a history where, where, where. Of course, slavery being the most severe and awful example of that. But that stuff just doesn't go away overnight... we're working very hard on, on equity, making sure that every kid in our state has the same opportunities as others."”— WATCH: Utah Gov. claims it’s not racist for white children to be excluded from Jazz-funded college scholarships

“CRT scholars argue that the liberal notion of U.S. law as "neutral" plays a significant role in maintaining a racially unjust social order, where formally color-blind laws continue to have racially discriminatory outcomes.”— Critical race theory - Wikipedia

“Apple did not advertise job openings that were eligible for the program, known as the permanent labor certification or PERM program, on its website as it routinely does for other positions. And the company required applicants for those jobs to mail paper applications even though it usually permits electronic applications... These less effective recruitment procedures nearly always resulted in few or no applications to PERM positions from applicants whose permission to work does not expire.”— Apple agrees to $25 million settlement with US over hiring of immigrants

“Foreign labor can often be cheaper than hiring U.S. workers, and immigrants who rely on their employers for green card sponsorship are seen as less likely to leave for a different job.”— Apple agrees to $25 million settlement with US over hiring of immigrants

“"Before generative A.I. captured global attention, President Biden and I convened leaders from across our country, from computer scientists to civil rights leaders, to legal scholars and business leaders, all to help make sure that the benefits of A.I. are shared equitably, and to address predictable threats, such as algorithmic discrimination, data privacy violations, and deep fakes," she said.”— Kamala Harris: Admin has duty to stop AI 'algorithmic discrimination,' ensure benefits 'shared equitably'

“Salesforce is “more than a year ahead of schedule” and has seen a doubling of its U.S. representation of black leaders at the VP level or above. Salesforce has attained more than “50% of U.S. employee[s] ... [being made up] of underrepresented groups” in record time. Specifically, Salesforce published data showing successful discrimination in its recruitment process with year-over-year increases from 2021 to 2022 in the hiring of “Latinx, Women, and Black” new workers of roughly 21%, 13%, and 5% respectively.”— Request for Investigation of Salesforce, Inc.

““woke” narrative that white people have a monopoly on racism.”— Not ‘Woke’ Yet? Most Voters Reject Anti-White Beliefs

“Literally any practice you can think of has a disparate impact. Try to think of a way of hiring or promoting people that does not benefit one group at the expense of another.”— The Law that Banned Everything

“the entire liberal establishment insists that nothing actually happened, that the “mild” correction was in fact no correction at all, and that any white man harmed in the process was in fact “mediocre.””— People Are Getting Tired of Discrimination - Even Against White Men

“Law and economics scholars made the argument that price discrimination was in fact good, and that conflicts of interest through vertical integration were efficient. They also claimed that price discrimination was progressive, allowing firms to charge more to the wealthy than the poor.”— The One Simple Thing That Makes the U.S. Economy Unmanageable

“Matt Bruenig ran the numbers and found that the percentage of white men employed in “arts, design, entertainment, sports and media” has remained relatively stable over time.”— Academia does discriminate against white men

“However, you can’t infer that much from a handful of schools in a country with literally hundreds. Perhaps some universities hired few white men and others hired many, and Savage just happened to pick ones that hired few.”— Academia does discriminate against white men

“Where Jewish success was once upheld as a sign of America’s strength and progress over its prejudices, Jewish “overrepresentation” is again something to be solved, not celebrated.”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“The disparate or adverse impact rule created by the Supreme Court’s 1971 Griggs v. Duke Power case did not focus on “proof of racial discrimination,” but instead, to be precise, placed the legal burden of proof on the employer for justifying the “business necessity” (a strict hurdle) of a hiring practice.”— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“So the basic idea of disparate impact — that blacks and whites would achieve equally — was obviously nonsensical.”— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“Summers proposed that since winning tenure at Harvard requires focusing on the job 80 hours per week, young women who want children often think twice about undertaking such a grueling career. As a lesser reason, he noted that males tend to vary more than females in many traits, including IQ and mathematical ability.”— Scandal! A Trump Nominee Is Not Ignorant of Basic Psychometrics

“We estimate that Asian American applicants had 28% lower odds of ultimately attending an Ivy-11 school than white applicants with similar academic and extracurricular qualifications. The gap was particularly pronounced for students of South Asian descent (49% lower odds).”— Whom Do Colleges Discriminate Against Most?

“In particular, we offer evidence that this pattern stems from two factors. First, many selective colleges give preference to the children of alumni in admissions. We find that white applicants were substantially more likely to have such legacy status than Asian applicants. Second, we identify geographic disparities potentially reflective of admissions policies that disadvantage students from certain regions of the United States.”— Whom Do Colleges Discriminate Against Most?

““background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.” This obligation applies only to majority-group plaintiffs.”— Vox: "Baffling" that Supreme Court tolerated racist anti-white rule for 44 years

“Such programs were created in the 1960s and 1970s to address pervasive race and gender discrimination in the private and contracting sectors, the effects of which they say have not been fully erased.”— Trump calls for axing of $37 billion quota

“The white-black cognitive test score gap has existed for decades. ... Walmart warehouse orderfillers routinely lift 50 pounds all day long and sometimes lift 80 pounds. Not surprisingly, more women than men job applicants flunked Walmart’s pre-hiring physical abilities test,”— Am I better informed about reality because I'm evil?

“Lawyers say the test has been crucial in showing how criminal background and credit checks affect employment of Black people, how physical capacity tests inhibit employment opportunities for women, how zoning regulations could violate fair housing laws, and how schools have meted out overly harsh discipline to minority students and children with disabilities.”— Am I better informed about reality because I'm evil?

“Perhaps in 1971 the social science that equal opportunity wouldn’t lead to equal results between the races wasn’t yet well understood. The federal Coleman Report of 1966 had been a time bomb, but was mostly ignored at the moment.”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“The federal Coleman Report of 1966 had been a time bomb, but was mostly ignored at the moment. Daniel Patrick Moynihan led seminars at Harvard over the next few years digging into the Coleman Report.”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“Diversity preferences may explain their absence from prize lists, but they can’t account for why they’ve so completely failed to capture the zeitgeist.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“The disparity fallacy is the idea that any difference in an outcome variable that is viewed as unfavorable to a minority group must be due to discrimination.”— Quotas, Activist Scholarship, and Political Bias in Psychology

“Activism-infused scholarship can often be detected by its flagrant disregard for truth and/or its tendency to highlight facts that actually are true only if they fit the activist narrative and to systematically ignore narrative-contesting facts.”— Quotas, Activist Scholarship, and Political Bias in Psychology

“Many have pointed out that this functions as a political litmus test, and that it selects for people committed to one very specific, contested brand of progressive politics - or people willing and able to feign such a commitment.”— Feedback on DEI Plans at My University

“If you believe the popular narrative, women applying for tenure-track jobs in STEM are routinely passed over in favor of equally qualified - or even less qualified - men.”— The Truth About Sexism in Science

“evidence from audit studies of hiring in universities. What emerges time and again is that, although fewer women apply for tenure-track jobs, those who do apply are more likely to be interviewed and more likely to get offered the job.”— The Truth About Sexism in Science

““New-media ventures like Vox, BuzzFeed and Politico are trying to shake up the way people get their news and entertainment online,” NPR reported in 2014. “But critics say… those newsrooms and leadership roles are overwhelmingly made up of white men.” The critics were mostly right: Gawker was still 57 percent male and 79 percent white; Vice was majority male and 70 percent white.”— The Lost Generation

““background circumstances that support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.””— Supreme Court Rules 1964 Civil Rights Act Also Protects Whites

“which helped create a two-tier school system where 75 percent of the students in gifted and talented programs were either white or of Asian descent, while the students who didn’t make that cut were relegated to inferior schools with fewer resources.”— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

“Currently, the program admits only 2,500 pupils a year out of 65,000 kindergartners citywide... basing children's future on how they perform on a test taken at age 4 is unfair to the parents who have neither the time nor resources to prep their kids for this examination.”— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

“The background circumstances rule required plaintiffs from historically advantaged groups — typically, White or male employees — to provide additional evidence suggesting that their employer was inclined to discriminate against the majority. Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson, writing for the Court, explained that under this framework, “plaintiffs who are members of a majority group bear an additional burden … : They must also establish background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.””— U.S. Supreme Court Reverses ‘Reverse’ Employment Discrimination Pleading Standard

“because Ames is heterosexual and, therefore, a member of a majority group, it required Ames to meet the additional burden to show "background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates the majority." Under the background circumstances rule, plaintiffs were required to present additional "evidence that a member of the relevant minority group (here, gay people) made the employment decision at issue, or with statistical evidence showing a pattern of discrimination ... against members of the majority group."”— U.S. Supreme Court Holds No Higher Standard for "Majority Group" Discrimination Claims

“Conceptually, the various modifications—such as the background circumstances approach, protected class approach, and sufficient evidence approach—are justified, because Caucasian plaintiffs, particularly those who are male, have yet to confront a history of hostile discrimination schemes.”— RACE-BASED REVERSE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS: A COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR CAUCASIAN PLAINTIFFS

“the first element of the four-pronged McDonnell Douglass prima facie case, courts have disagreed over how a Caucasian plaintiff may establish an inference of reverse racial discrimination.”— RACE-BASED REVERSE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS: A COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR CAUCASIAN PLAINTIFFS

“Aux Etats-Unis il s’est développé depuis les années 60 une politique constante de «discrimination positive» reposant sur l’ethnicité, d’immigration massive en provenance de pays émergents et, dernière étape, de clientélisme électoral sur des bases communautaires.”— Jared Taylor, théoricien du “réalisme racial”, nous écrit

“"We rely on diverse perspectives, experiences, and skillsets to remain a global leader, deter war, and keep our nation secure."”— White House slams GOP’s anti-woke defense bill, says diversity gives US a ‘strategic advantage’

“Johnson called homosexuality a “inherently unnatural” and “dangerous lifestyle” that would lead to legalized pedophilia and possibly even destroy “the entire democratic system.””— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex | CNN Politics

“Create displays and interpretation that do not present palatable versions of history; but instead reveal multiple histories whilst amplifying marginalised voices. This will include exploring how objects came about in our own collections, reviewing the display context of objects, descriptions, use of language and imagery across all our venues and online.”— Anti-racism at National Museums Liverpool

“They also rescind numerous previous executive orders and actions from past administrations that aimed to promote diversity throughout the federal government.”— Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave

“"Shrinking the pool of candidates based on required race, gender, and/or sexual orientation criteria is not the right approach to identifying the best leaders for our most prestigious universities"”— Billionaire and Harvard grad Bill Ackman suggests Harvard president was a DEI pick

“Of the more than 323,000 jobs added to the U.S. workforce by major companies in 2021, 94% went to people of color, according to Bloomberg. The data stems from an analysis of 88 workforce demographic reports submitted to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by S&P 100 companies.”— Major US companies gave 94% of new jobs to people of color in 2021, report says

“Much of the workers of color accounted for in Bloomberg's analysis were added to fill position in lower-level roles, such as sales and labor. Those same roles also subtracted more than 18,000 White workers.”— Major US companies gave 94% of new jobs to people of color in 2021, report says

“EU membership makes it 'very difficult' for skilled migrants from India and Africa to come to the country... because we have an unlimited open door to unskilled labour from southern and eastern Europe.”— More black people will come to Britain if we leave the EU, says Farage

“What began as a push for broader inclusion morphed into quota-driven mandates, demographic scorecards and internal political signaling exercises that often had little to do with business performance.”— Corporate America has decided that DEI needs to DIE

“Currently, about 7% of United’s pilots are women and 13% are people of color, according to the Chicago Tribune.”— United Airlines sets new diversity goal for pilot training

“Culturally-Relevant and Sustaining Education (CR-SE): Education that ensures equity for all students and seeks to eliminate systemic institutional racial and cultural barriers that inhibit the success of all students in this Commonwealth—particularly those who have been historically underrepresented.”— Culturally2023 Relevant and Sustaining Education Program Framework Guidelines

“Believe and acknowledge that microaggressions are real and take steps to educate themselves about the subtle and obvious ways in which they are used to harm and invalidate the existence of others.”— Culturally2023 Relevant and Sustaining Education Program Framework Guidelines

“Barack Obama, who issued Executive Order 13583, which laid the groundwork for many national “diversity” initiatives; and Joseph Biden, who signed Executive Orders 13985 and 14035, which entrenched DEI principles into every federal department”— The Coming Fight to Abolish DEI

“Attaining a diverse, qualified workforce is one of the cornerstones of the merit-based civil service.”— Executive Order 13583-- Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce

“Programs across the university are couched in the distinctive jargon that, to D.E.I.’s practitioners, reflects proven practices for making classrooms more inclusive [...] convinced that such programs would help attract and retain a more diverse array of students and faculty.”— The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?

“That led schools, governments, corporations and others to create diversity initiatives that typically focus on racial sensitivity — and the nation's history of overlooking many of the stories of non-white Americans. The backlash that followed focused largely on conservatives' claims that DEI programs undermine traditional teachings of American history — and often had the effect of making white students feel guilty.”— Anti-DEI bills targeting colleges have surged since 2021

“Companies were hiring for these positions "out of guilt,"... some CEOs are feeling like they didn't hire well for these roles, bringing on people with civil rights backgrounds instead of more corporate expertise”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“there are widespread inequities in corporate America — 1.6% of Fortune 500 CEOs are Black, for example.”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“fellowship program aimed at building a diverse workforce”— Pfizer Diversity Program Suit in Doubt as Appeal May Be Moot

“Edward Blum’s anti-affirmative action group has dropped its lawsuit against Morrison Foerster after the firm changed the eligibility criteria for its diversity, equity and inclusion fellowship.”— Blum’s Group Drops DEI Lawsuit Against Morrison Foerster (2)

“"We are all really pro-diversity and we want to see better representation across the services but … levels of ambition for ethnic targets … are absolutely crazy," one of the sources said. "There is no scientific or cultural background to these particular levels of ambition." Another source called the diversity targets "impossible".”— RAF 'pauses job offers for white men' to meet 'impossible' diversity targets

“The core dogma that permits this is the falsehood that any differences in outcomes between whites and non-whites are due to white racism, which can never be identified with any specificity, but we are told permeates everything.”— The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart (Jeremy Carl) - The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past

“until 1970, America was nearly ninety percent white, and had always been so. It was “demographically unified.” That is to say, white people made America, the most successful country in the history of the world.”— The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart (Jeremy Carl) - The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past

“"This is not a job, but simply a training and development opportunity. This training scheme is designed as a positive action scheme to address an identified under-representation of people from ethnic minority backgrounds in certain roles. Such schemes are allowed as under the Equality Act."”— BBC defends banning white candidates from media placements

“Since 1999 police have been trying to get the proportion of officers from ethnic minorities to match the proportion in the populations they serve. But not one of the 43 forces in England and Wales has achieved that and it will be 2052 at the earliest before that happens.”— Police leader calls for laws to allow positive race discrimination

“Salesforce even published data showing successful discrimination in its recruitment process with year-over-year increases from 2021 to 2022 in the hiring of “Latinx, Women, and Black” new workers of roughly 21%, 13%, and 5% respectively.”— America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Salesforce for Race and Sex-Based Discrimination; Warns Management of Violations of Fiduciary Duties

“Further, to help Salesforce achieve its desired sex and race “balance,” the company has created “equality groups.” For example, the “BOLDforce” is designed to “expand and empower the Salesforce black community,” while the “Women’s Network,” is designed to “amplif[y] the progress of women in every step of their journey … through professional and personal development.” Tellingly, there are no comparable programs for white or male employees.”— America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Salesforce for Race and Sex-Based Discrimination; Warns Management of Violations of Fiduciary Duties

“Few women and people of color aspire to fly planes because they rarely see themselves in today’s flight decks.”— The End of the All-Male, All-White Cockpit

“As air travel became more popular in the 1970s and 1980s, airline advertisements almost exclusively depicted pilots as white men, with some exceptions in publications directed at Black consumers, said Alan Meyer... “It just continues to reinforce this image,” Dr. Meyer said. “This simultaneously plays into this often subconscious association between whiteness and maleness and technical competence.””— The End of the All-Male, All-White Cockpit

“American kids can barely read properly or speak and write grammatically. They’ll never know the wonders of the Western literary canon (banished because produced by the pale patriarchy). But they’ve committed to consciousness ugly, nonsensical, stupid, decontextualized grids that tabulate the ways of white oppression.”— It’s Not ‘Identity Politics,’ It’s Anti-White Politics - ILANA MERCER

“Critics of the Academy asserted that nothing would change in the way of recognition as long as its membership—and, hence, the voting body—was still mostly white men. The argument was that such a homogeneous voting body would always be less inclined to advocate for films that do not represent their experiences—i.e., films that represent the experiences of the marginalized.”— What Is the Significance of the #OscarsSoWhite Hashtag? | Britannica

“Asian American applicants had 28% lower odds of ultimately attending an Ivy-11 school than white applicants with similar academic and extracurricular qualifications”— The disparate impacts of college admissions policies on Asian American applicants

“Lucas notes that until recently Harvard touted, right on its website, the reduction in the proportion of white male faculty members:”— Of Course Liberal Institutions Are Engaging In Illegal Hiring Practices On The Basis Of Race

“About his seemingly pessimistic title, Bell said, “far from an invitation to ultimate despair,” acknowledging that racism is here to stay “can serve as an opportunity for new insight, more effective planning.””— Against Detached Entitlement In Liberal Intellectual Spaces

“The racial group that most favors RBAA is black Americans, and even there, 59% say race should not be a factor in college admissions at all, according to Pew polling from earlier this year”— Against Detached Entitlement In Liberal Intellectual Spaces

How It Spread

The assumption spread through mainstream media that rarely acknowledged affirmative action's existence and instead offered power-based rationalizations that only whites could commit racism. Outlets like the New York Times framed white complaints as delusions requiring quotation marks, while elite universities kept admissions data secret for decades despite routine federal reporting elsewhere. This information asymmetry prevented public scrutiny. Working-class nonwhites, including Hispanics, increasingly rejected the elite narrative through voting patterns that contradicted academic consensus. ^[1][2][3]

Post-2020 reckonings after George Floyd's death accelerated DEI mandates across newsrooms, with pledges for sweeping reforms and no-backsliding rules that refilled vacancies only with women or people of color. Hollywood reduced young white male writers from 48 percent in 2011 to 11.9 percent in 2024 through explicit diversity requirements in small writers' rooms. Publishing lists and prizes showed parallel exclusion, with the New York Times Notable Fiction shifting dramatically away from white male millennials. These patterns normalized the idea that demographic rebalancing carried no downside. ^[5][6][7]

Academic fields like critical race theory propagated the view through personal narratives over statistics, treating objectivity itself as suspect and dismissing Asian and Jewish success as irrelevant to systemic claims. Anti-racism training materials from centers like the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre taught that prejudice against whites lacked institutional power and therefore did not qualify as racism. This framework influenced corporate HR, federal agencies, and church programs that excluded white children from certain workshops on strength and courage. Social pressure and funding incentives rewarded conformity while dissenters faced professional costs. ^[8][9][29]

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“Thus, from the New York Times news section: Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’”— Are the 57 Years of Affirmative Action a Conspiracy Theory?

“Occasionally, whistleblowers working in admissions offices divulge data, although they tended to be treated by the media as villains rather than heroes.”— Mrs. McMahon Orders Colleges to 'Fess Up

“in general, over the last half century there have been few Woodward and Bernstein-type reporters out there digging to get the straight story about racial bias in college admissions.”— Mrs. McMahon Orders Colleges to 'Fess Up

“Most Americans without graduate degrees find it difficult to conceive of justifications for discriminating on the basis of race.”— A Matter of Preference

“The hardworking Hispanic men who voted half for Trump in 2024 really don’t like semi-black women like Hannah-Jones blaming whites for the troubles of black layabouts... the typical mestizo Mexican-American male voter can imagine a future in which his hard work and that of his children leads to his grandchildren being, due to earning good marriages, notably whiter than he is.”— A Matter of Preference

“Another Jewish professor applies to work in the UC system. In his mandatory diversity statement, which he describes as “the most shameful piece of writing I’ve ever done,” his sole aim is to convey the impression that he hopes to be the last Jewish man they ever hire.”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“When activists and journalists and executives talk about how Broadway or NPR or publishing is “too white,” what they really mean is “too Jewish.””— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“There were no white male millennials featured in Vulture’s 2024 year-end fiction list, none in Vanity Fair’s, none in The Atlantic’s.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“Between 2001 and 2011, six white men won the New York Public Library’s Young Lions prize for debut fiction. Since 2020, not a single white man has even been nominated (of 25 total nominations). The past decade has seen 70 finalists for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize—with again, not a single straight white American millennial man.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, newsrooms tripped over themselves to stage a “reckoning.” The New York Times solemnly promised “sweeping” reforms... The Washington Post declared it would become “the most diverse and inclusive newsroom in the country.” ... NPR went further still, declaring that diversity was nothing less than its “North Star.””— The Lost Generation

“Blay, Zeba. 2015. “4 ‘Reverse Racism’ Myths That Need To Stop.” HuffPost.”— Myth of Reverse Racism | Unpacking the Realities

“Peterson wasn’t surprised at all and told them that the entire field of Sociology had essentially become “all anecdotal” without any real scientific scholarship (Think of Peggy McIntosh’s “46 examples of white privilege” that she pretty much made up at her desk as she thought about her own life).”— Critical Race Theory (Part 3): CRT Today, and Other Pressing Issues (…and is it Marxist? Well…Sort of!)

“implicit–explicit correlations more generally have been observed to be as high as r = .86 (Greenwald, Nosek, & Banaji, 2003).”— No Place for Nostalgia in Science: A Response to Arkes and Tetlock

“If you haven’t been exposed to the litany of DEI programs directly, consider yourself lucky!... affirmative action is a still-necessary corrective for past injustices.”— Yes, Affirmative Action Justifies Discrimination

“Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides”— Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides

“the defense secretary’s office informed the Naval Academy that Mr. Hegseth’s intent was for the order to apply to the academies, and that the secretary expected compliance.”— Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions

“This means that virtually any interpersonal conflict in the workplace might cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and years of litigation — and employees in protected categories have massive incentives to generate or fabricate such conflicts.”— How the EEOC built America's secret police, and got companies to pay for it

“This police force was established by America’s 1964 Constitution, and over the course of three generations, the business, academia, and government ladders have ruthlessly selected for individuals who are willing to keep themselves above political suspicion”— How the EEOC built America's secret police, and got companies to pay for it

“"Following the Court's ruling, several American colleges and universities issued statements or unveiled new policies at odds with its letter and spirit," the bill reads.”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“Les États-Unis exercent une influence culturelle et idéologique considérable, notamment sur les médias d’information, mais aussi sur les films hollywoodiens, la télévision et les romans populaires. Tous sont fermement entre les mains de la gauche, qui ne manque jamais de critiquer les Blancs et de glorifier les non-Blancs.”— Jared Taylor : « Pour que les Blancs puissent défendre leurs terres et leur culture, ils doivent se libérer de l'illusion suicidaire qu'ils ont été une présence malveillante sur la planète » [Interview]

“Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides.”— Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides

“"Following the Court's ruling, several American colleges and universities issued statements or unveiled new policies at odds with its letter and spirit."”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“Democrats reacted with incredulity to the very idea that whites could be discriminated against.”— Congress Puzzles Over White Culture

“And then 2020 happened, and the wheels came off. In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, newsrooms tripped over themselves to stage a “reckoning.””— The Lost Generation

“in an effort to give the city more flexibility in addressing recruitment and diversity challenges in the wake of the death of George Floyd and the national conversation on race that followed.”— Lawsuit accuses Philly of denying promotions for 5 white police officers

“experts practically heralded the resurrection of Jim Crow... This good news hasn’t been celebrated in broad media coverage, because many elites define “equality” as access to a few select brand names.”— Ending college affirmative action didn’t devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it - The Boston Globe

“D.E.I. can be many things, from efforts to increase the diversity of a workplace through hiring initiatives to the creation of affinity groups that bring underrepresented workers together. It may also include workplace trainings on topics such as racism, gender discrimination, and sexual harassment.”— The War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

“Buried in the editorial page of the Nov. 16 Wall Street Journal was a remarkable essay, which exposes the true, and hidden, story of who is really “underrepresented” in our elite schools”— The Dispossession of Christian Americans

“This has been a cause of protests at Harvard, as Hispanics and African-Americans insist on more proportional representation.”— The Dispossession of Christian Americans

“The Church features a huge number of workshops on racism, climate change, and workshops “against the right.” There is an “interactive exhibition on anti-Muslim racism” as well as 24 other workshops and events on racism.”— German Evangelical Church bans White children from workshop on being 'courageous and strong' at national congress

“The Gratz and Grutter decisions make it appropriate to monitor universities’ use of racial and ethnic preferences--and, especially, the use of undergraduate admission preferences at the University of Michigan--for at least three reasons.”— Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Michigan

“Studies find that firms that implement affirmative action measures engage in extensive recruitment practices, employing a larger number of methods to hire workers.”— How Diversity Policies Shape the US Labor Market

“Longtime aides and allies preparing for a potential second Trump administration have been laying legal groundwork with a flurry of lawsuits and legal complaints — some of which have been successful.”— Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people

“requests from ex-Trump administration officials to investigate Activision Blizzard Inc., Kellogg Co., and other major corporations”— Corporate Diversity Complaints Place EEOC in Thorny Spot

“a strategy that proved effective in prompting a conservative legal group to drop its discrimination case”— Employers Downplay the âDâ in DEI Programs to Avoid Lawsuits (1)

“This guidance will help public elementary and secondary schools administer student discipline in a manner that does not discriminate on the basis of race... This and other policy guidance is issued to provide recipients with information to assist them in meeting their obligations.”— Dear Colleague Letter on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline

“In her newly released memoir, “My Beloved World,” Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor defends affirmative action – under which she was admitted to Princeton University and Yale Law School – as a needed tool to help disadvantaged students get to the starting line of the race to success.”— Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: A Proud ‘Product of Affirmative Action’

“Despite little, if any, media coverage... Hate crimes happen against white people, and such incidents are not publicized with the same vigor as when the victim is not white.”— In Philadelphia, the majority of hate crime victims were white people

“Trump’s fundraising and other political emails repeatedly emphasize the fictional narrative that his supporters and other “real Americans” are being victimized and are under attack by “Democrats” and their supporters, including Black Lives Matter activists and “elites” who want to destroy American heritage, values, culture and traditions.”— Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that’s very dangerous

“At a recent rally in Arizona, he said — falsely — that white people in New York were being sent to the back of line for antiviral treatments.”— Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that’s very dangerous

“Guidance on Harvard’s website notes that the program is only open to gay and minority freshmen. Bates College’s Center for Purposeful Work flagged the program in a seven-page diversity internship handout.”— Morgan Stanley Under Fire for Minority-Only Intern Program

“The New York Times declared: “There is no evidence that white Americans are being denied access to vaccines or treatments.” The Associated Press “fact check” also declared it false while showing proof that whites are discriminated against in these states.”— Trump Is Right About Anti-White Discrimination

“Utah Governor Cox takes question about whether the "Utah Jazz excluding white children from consideration for their scholarship program" "is racist."... Tune in to “Let Me Speak to the Governor” now at https://t.co/EuR9GW0YAF... The program was announced in January by Ryan Smith... on a podcast with Adrian Wojnarowski on ESPN.”— WATCH: Utah Gov. claims it’s not racist for white children to be excluded from Jazz-funded college scholarships

“Gloria Ladson-Billings, who—along with co-author William Tate—had introduced CRT to the field of education in 1995...”— Critical race theory - Wikipedia

“Her continuation of what some have called the administration's effort to make AI "woke" happened during her remarks alongside President Biden at the White House just before he signed an executive order establishing AI standards for private companies.”— Kamala Harris: Admin has duty to stop AI 'algorithmic discrimination,' ensure benefits 'shared equitably'

“Despite years of progressive activism”— Not ‘Woke’ Yet? Most Voters Reject Anti-White Beliefs

“This is why I have called civil rights law the “skeleton key of the left.” In recent years, it’s been applied to try and force mask mandates, the use of left wing history books in schools, and now, transgender women competing against biological women in college and high school sports.”— The Law that Banned Everything

“In retrospect, 2014 was the hinge, the year DEI became institutionalized across American life…”— People Are Getting Tired of Discrimination - Even Against White Men

“PBMs embarked on a public relations campaign, saying they would reinvent their business models to pass the entire rebate back to their customers.”— The One Simple Thing That Makes the U.S. Economy Unmanageable

“in certain industries — notably those dominated by ideological leftists — they do face tangible barriers to advancement.”— Academia does discriminate against white men

“Notice that “reverse discrimination” is a concept, not a reality.”— Are the 57 Years of Affirmative Action a Conspiracy Theory?

“So, the Supreme Court and the federal bureaucracy came up with the idea that the benchmark would be that if blacks weren’t performing as well as whites in their careers, there would be some ‘splainin’ to do.”— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“Supporters of disparate impact analysis say it is a critical tool because finding “smoking gun” evidence to prove someone intended to discriminate is difficult.”— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“Then in the 15th paragraph, the Post switches gears from scandal-mongering to honest reporting that the science isn’t actually that controversial.”— Scandal! A Trump Nominee Is Not Ignorant of Basic Psychometrics

“That was a real turning point in the history of the 21st Century... the Larry Summers whoop-tee-doo was the opening salvo of the Great Awokening.”— Scandal! A Trump Nominee Is Not Ignorant of Basic Psychometrics

“There is debate over whether Asian American students face additional barriers, relative to white students, when applying to selective colleges.”— Whom Do Colleges Discriminate Against Most?

“And it’s pretty obvious that the woke are motivated by racist animus against whites, which most working-class non-whites find distasteful. In contrast to elites, the public has, on the whole, never appreciated the morality of discriminating against living whites to make up for discrimination against dead blacks.”— A Matter of Preference

“the 6th Circuit’s “background circumstances” rule, which has existed in some courts since 1981, survived as long as it did. McDonald, after all, has been the law for nearly half a century, and it was decided before any lower court embraced the “background circumstances” rule.”— Vox: "Baffling" that Supreme Court tolerated racist anti-white rule for 44 years

“At the time of the ruling, the Biden administration argued that the DBE was necessary to help remedy the effects of past and ongoing discrimination in government contracting.”— Trump calls for axing of $37 billion quota

“The New York Times has finally written more than one sentence in response to Trump’s landmark April 23rd executive order telling federal bureaucrats to stop using disparate impact reasoning in civil rights matters: Trump Seeks to Strip Away Legal Tool Key to Civil Rights Enforcement”— Am I better informed about reality because I'm evil?

“the so-called disparate impact rule, which civil rights groups have long said is an important tool for showing discrimination against minorities.”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“There were no white male millennials featured in Vulture’s 2024 year-end fiction list, none in Vanity Fair’s, none in The Atlantic’s.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“DEI statements become even more prevalent, they will become an overtly discriminating mechanism against conservative applicants (or indeed even liberal Democrats who balk at endorsing the specific terms and positions of identity politics).”— Quotas, Activist Scholarship, and Political Bias in Psychology

“It seems unlikely to me that most Americans will view the academy as particularly inclusive if it functions, intentionally or not, to exclude the vast majority of Americans on political grounds.”— Quotas, Activist Scholarship, and Political Bias in Psychology

“the mandates to diversify didn’t fall on older white men”— People Are Getting Tired of Discrimination - Even Against White Men

“Another proposal is to use DEI contributions in promotion decisions.”— Feedback on DEI Plans at My University

“You’ll hear this claim echoed everywhere, from the most prestigious scientific journals to the pages of The New York Times. The unrelenting message is that, at every rung of the career ladder, the system is rigged in favor of men.”— The Truth About Sexism in Science

“In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, newsrooms tripped over themselves to stage a “reckoning.” ... Management was, as he put it, “obsessive about recruiting people of color.” ... “They wanted to do like ... emergency hires of black people,” he said.”— The Lost Generation

“Federal appeals courts had ruled differently on the question. Thus, in five-twelfths of the country, whites, men, and heterosexuals were — until this morning — official legal Untermenschen when it came to the right to sue over discrimination.”— Supreme Court Rules 1964 Civil Rights Act Also Protects Whites

““Brilliant NYC will deliver accelerated instruction for tens of thousands of children, as opposed to a select few. Every New York City child deserves to reach their full potential, and this new, equitable model gives them that chance.””— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

“The new plan comes two years after a diversity task force in New York recommended scrapping most selective programs that use test scores and other criteria to determine class placement...”— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

“On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the “background circumstances” rule in “reverse” employment discrimination claims brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in a unanimous decision overturning precedent held by five federal circuit courts of appeals.”— U.S. Supreme Court Reverses ‘Reverse’ Employment Discrimination Pleading Standard

“This decision will have an impact only in circuit courts that recognized the background circumstances rule, including U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits.”— U.S. Supreme Court Holds No Higher Standard for "Majority Group" Discrimination Claims

“the courts have unintentionally created a situation resulting in different outcomes between Caucasian plaintiffs with similar claims, because different federal circuits have adopted different standards for establishing a prima facie reverse discrimination case.”— RACE-BASED REVERSE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS: A COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR CAUCASIAN PLAINTIFFS

“See EEOC, EEOC COMPLIANCE MANUAL § 15-II, 2006 WL 4673425 (2009).”— RACE-BASED REVERSE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS: A COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR CAUCASIAN PLAINTIFFS

“The Biden administration released a statement that defended the Defense Department's diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) programs, and criticized the GOP attempt to eliminate those programs in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024.”— White House slams GOP’s anti-woke defense bill, says diversity gives US a ‘strategic advantage’

“TOP AIR FORCE LEADER RAISES ALARM ON SLUMPING STANDARDS AMID CHINA, RUSSIA THREATS: 'SECOND BEST WON'T CUT IT'”— White House slams GOP’s anti-woke defense bill, says diversity gives US a ‘strategic advantage’

“In editorials that ran in his local Shreveport, Louisiana, paper, The Times, Johnson called homosexuality a “inherently unnatural” and “dangerous lifestyle””— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex | CNN Politics

“Anti Racism Project Press, books, articles, films and children's resources to help tackle racism. Find out more How can I be a stronger ally? This article gives tips and practical advice for those looking to be allies in this space.”— Anti-racism at National Museums Liverpool

“Agencies must also "take down all outward facing media (websites, social media accounts, etc.) of DEIA offices," cancel upcoming DEI trainings and terminate contracts with DEI-related contractors”— Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave

“Ackman, the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, wrote on X that "someone with first person knowledge" of Harvard's presidential search”— Billionaire and Harvard grad Bill Ackman suggests Harvard president was a DEI pick

“The shift followed public commitments by several of these companies in 2020 to hire more people of color, according to Bloomberg.”— Major US companies gave 94% of new jobs to people of color in 2021, report says

“Mr Farage, speaking the morning after his TV showdown with David Cameron last night... told ITV's Good Morning Britain”— More black people will come to Britain if we leave the EU, says Farage

“Retailers such as Nordstrom, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Ulta and Sephora signed the "Fifteen Percent Pledge," committing to reserve 15% of shelf space exclusively for Black-owned brands. More than seventy major corporations — including competitors like Nike, Levi Strauss, Ralph Lauren and American Eagle — signed the "Count Us In" pledge”— Corporate America has decided that DEI needs to DIE

“In a news release, the Chicago-based airline said that at least half of the new trainees will be women and people of color.”— United Airlines sets new diversity goal for pilot training

“Chapter 49 requires instruction in CR-SE to be integrated in educator preparation, induction, and continuing professional development programs as follows: Continuing professional development programs must integrate the CR-SE competencies no later than the 2023-24 academic year. Educator preparation and induction programs must integrate CR-SE competencies no later than the 2024-25 academic year.”— Culturally2023 Relevant and Sustaining Education Program Framework Guidelines

“routed billions of dollars toward advancing this ideology throughout American society.”— The Coming Fight to Abolish DEI

“develop and issue a Government-wide Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan (Government-wide Plan), to be updated as appropriate and at a minimum every 4 years”— Executive Order 13583-- Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce

“When Michigan inaugurated what it now calls D.E.I. 1.0, it intentionally placed itself in the vanguard of a revolution then reshaping American higher education.”— The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?

“The wave of anti-DEI bills in state legislatures has come amid an ongoing conservative backlash against initiatives aimed at fighting systemic racism. The backlash has been driven by Republican lawmakers in response to the racial reckoning across America that was ignited in 2020 by the murder of George Floyd.”— Anti-DEI bills targeting colleges have surged since 2021

“since George Floyd's murder in May 2020 pushed businesses into action.”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“Companies started caring about diversity a lot more after a flurry of lawsuits — with employees alleging race and sex discrimination — in the 1990s and early 2000s”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“A poll taken by WITN showed that 28% of our viewers believe that DEI should not be banned, and 71% believe DEI should be banned.”— Congressman Greg Murphy introduces ‘EDUCATE Act’ to ban DEI at medical schools

“Successive governments have been challenging all three armed services - the RAF, the army and the Royal Navy - for years to improve their diversity statistics in what has traditionally been a predominantly white, male profession. It is a goal championed by defence chiefs.”— RAF 'pauses job offers for white men' to meet 'impossible' diversity targets

“Schools have indoctrinated children with anti-white hatred, under many names and guises, for decades. ... All mass entertainment and advertising is designed to marginalize and demonize whites, to “drive perceptions and changes in the culture” in an anti-white direction.”— The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart (Jeremy Carl) - The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past

“The scheme has caused an uproar on social media. Jack Montgomery, Assistant Editor at Breitbart, tweeted: "Anti-white hiring practices at the BBC again, I see..."”— BBC defends banning white candidates from media placements

“In an interview to mark the 20th anniversary of the Macpherson report into the death of Stephen Lawrence”— Police leader calls for laws to allow positive race discrimination

“To enforce these hiring quotas, Salesforce brags that it includes “representation goals as part of our executive compensation programs.””— America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Salesforce for Race and Sex-Based Discrimination; Warns Management of Violations of Fiduciary Duties

“Salesforce acknowledges its use of preferred hiring outcomes and quotas and highlights its supposed need to go further, stating that “True representation goes beyond hiring,” and promising to continue “building out the levers needed to achieve our goal...”— Salesforce Board Letter 10042023

“airline advertisements almost exclusively depicted pilots as white men”— The End of the All-Male, All-White Cockpit

“Within that day, the hashtag became viral and was trending on Twitter; many Twitter users and prominent people of color in the film industry riffed on the hashtag with humor but not without also leveling serious criticisms against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.”— What Is the Significance of the #OscarsSoWhite Hashtag? | Britannica

“All she had to show was some harm to the terms or conditions of her employment.”— Muldrow v. City of St. Louis Supreme Court Decision

“There are at least 75 ongoing cases with plaintiffs who allege workplace discrimination as a result of some aspect of DEI.”— Litigation Targeting Large Company DEI Programs on the Rise

“Harvard University initially received plaudits for its resistance to the Trump administration.”— Of Course Liberal Institutions Are Engaging In Illegal Hiring Practices On The Basis Of Race

“In it, authors Antar Tichavakunda and Suneal Kolluri, researchers at the Universities of Cincinnati and Southern California, respectively, “review the options for those who worry about the Supreme Court’s possible decision,””— Against Detached Entitlement In Liberal Intellectual Spaces

Resulting Policies

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent affirmative action policies, including Executive Order 11246 issued by Lyndon Johnson, required federal contractors to take affirmative steps against racial discrimination in employment. These measures were justified as ensuring equality as a fact rather than mere opportunity, leading to racial preferences in hiring, promotions, and college admissions. The Philadelphia Plan in the late 1960s marked an early implementation that expanded nationwide. Supporters maintained the policies benefited nonwhites without harming whites. ^[1][27]

Universities adopted race-conscious admissions under the 1978 Bakke framework and the 2003 Grutter decision, treating diversity as a compelling interest that allowed preferences for Black and Hispanic applicants. Harvard and the University of North Carolina maintained such programs until the Supreme Court struck them down in 2023. The University of Michigan used holistic review after 2003 but still awarded large advantages, with Black applicants enjoying odds ratios as high as 70 to 1 over similarly credentialed whites in 2005. These policies operated for decades with limited transparency. ^[31][32]

The EEOC and federal courts enforced disparate impact liability following the 1971 Griggs decision and its codification in the 1991 Civil Rights Act. Employers faced the burden of proving business necessity for any practice producing racial disparities, prompting many to adopt quotas or drop valid tests. Philadelphia's Rule of Five replaced an earlier policy to prioritize diversity in police promotions, allowing race and sex to influence selections over exam scores. Atlanta maintained minority set-asides in contracting for 50 years. ^[20][18][17]

Salesforce implemented explicit racial and gender quotas, tying executive compensation to targets such as 40 percent women or non-binary employees globally by 2026 and 50 percent increases in representation for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Multiracial workers. The company created equality groups open only to preferred demographics and committed over $100 million to Black-owned businesses. Similar DEI fellowships at law firms like Morrison & Foerster and Perkins Coie limited eligibility to underrepresented groups until lawsuits prompted revisions. These corporate practices reflected widespread institutional adoption. ^{[50][103][36]}

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“protections that began in the 1960s, spurred by the passage of the Civil Rights Act”— Are the 57 Years of Affirmative Action a Conspiracy Theory?

“Within hours of taking office, Mr. Trump ordered the dismantling of diversity, equity and inclusion offices that were responsible for addressing systemic discrimination against minorities and women, and last year he ordered federal agencies to halt enforcement of core tenets of the bedrock Civil Rights Act.”— Are the 57 Years of Affirmative Action a Conspiracy Theory?

“They are for this discrimination, but they don’t want to have to publicly defend racial bias against 17 year olds, so they want the public to be as ignorant about what’s happening as possible.”— Mrs. McMahon Orders Colleges to 'Fess Up

“Thus, in liberal California at the peak of the racial reckoning in 2020, the people voted against racial preferences 57–43.”— A Matter of Preference

“For 56 years, going back to the Philadelphia Plan that kicked off affirmative action, the U.S. has had numerous government and private policies of, in effect, discriminating against white individuals because they are white.”— What's Trump doing right?

“Of the 114 federal judges appointed by Joe Biden (as of this writing), just 8-9 appear to be Jewish—in a field that’s historically been at least 20% Jewish.”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

““The university has decided that DEI is the overarching principle of admissions,” one Hillel director told me.”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“But once Obama was home free, pressure started to build on even big Democratic donors. ... the Great Awokening ratcheted up racial quotas in not just the traditional quota-beset cop & fireman-type jobs, but also in the kind of heavily Jewish upscale jobs”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“Institutions pursuing diversity decided that there would be no backsliding. If a position was vacated by a woman or person of color, the expectation was it would be filled by another woman or person of color. ... In 2021, ... ProPublica hired 66 percent women and 58 percent people of color”— The Lost Generation

“One claim of “reverse racism” that is often made is in relation to affirmative actions programs: programs that were created to help ensure that non-white individuals are given equal consideration and opportunities... Sherover-Marcuse explains how '[a]ffirmative action programs are attempts to repair the results of institutionalized racism by setting guidelines and establishing procedures for finding qualified applicants from all segments of the population' (p. 2).”— Myth of Reverse Racism | Unpacking the Realities

“CRT wants to maintain or increase things like ... affirmative action, because they see those things as helping to prevent poor minorities from slipping further into permanent poverty. It doesn’t want to see affirmative action being changed from being based on race to be based on economic need (thus a more “color blind” approach to addressing poverty), though, because it would end up helping more poor whites.”— Critical Race Theory (Part 3): CRT Today, and Other Pressing Issues (…and is it Marxist? Well…Sort of!)

“It would allow “voters facing a slate of ten candidates, for example, to place all ten of their votes on one, so that if one of the candidates is, say, an African American whose record and positions are attractive to that community, that candidate should be able to win election””— Critical Race Theory (Part 3): CRT Today, and Other Pressing Issues (…and is it Marxist? Well…Sort of!)

““the values of hip-hop music and culture could serve as a basis for reconstructing the criminal justice system so that it is more humane and responsive to the concerns of the black community””— Critical Race Theory (Part 3): CRT Today, and Other Pressing Issues (…and is it Marxist? Well…Sort of!)

“at each level of academic qualification, Black students were substantially more likely to be admitted compared to Whites... the gap in qualifications at Harvard is actually considerably larger than what I simulated above.”— Yes, Affirmative Action Justifies Discrimination

“Atlanta’s refusal to dismantle 50 years of brazen race preferences.”— Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides

“The AFL said the lawsuit challenges Philadelphia’s “Rule of Five” policy which replaced the city’s previous “Rule of Two” policy. Under the “Rule of Two,” only the two highest ranking candidates on the eligible list were submitted to the requesting department for an interview during municipal hiring in Philadelphia.”— Lawsuit accuses Philly of denying promotions for 5 white police officers

“the Naval Academy changed its admissions policy in February in response to federal directives prohibiting the practice of considering race, ethnicity and sex during the admissions process.”— Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions

“Mr. Hegseth’s office became aware that the nation’s military service academies did not believe that President Trump’s Jan. 29 executive order to end “radical indoctrination” in kindergarten through 12th-grade classrooms applied to them, as they are colleges.”— Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions

“the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a suit against the convenience store chain Sheetz, arguing that their use of criminal background checks in hiring violates federal civil rights law.”— How the EEOC built America's secret police, and got companies to pay for it

“Pepsi was ordered to pay $3.13M and invited in the future to “take into consideration the nature and gravity of the offense, the time that has passed since the conviction and/or completion of the sentence, and the nature of the job sought in order to be sure that the exclusion is important for the particular position.””— How the EEOC built America's secret police, and got companies to pay for it

“The snail's pace has only gotten more sluggish as the agency... has seen its caseload balloon over the past decade, reaching a record high of 18,804 complaints in 2022. Amid the deluge, the Office of Civil Rights removed the opportunity for complainants to appeal dismissals.”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“Tous les sondages montrent que les Américains et les Européens veulent moins d’immigration, pas plus. Et pourtant, nos gouvernants, qui se targuent de « démocratie », écrasent la volonté du peuple.”— Jared Taylor : « Pour que les Blancs puissent défendre leurs terres et leur culture, ils doivent se libérer de l'illusion suicidaire qu'ils ont été une présence malveillante sur la planète » [Interview]

“50 years of brazen race preferences.”— Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides

“Some institutions have overhauled their essay prompts to focus on race and identity... Columbia Law School even announced that it would require short video statements from applicants.”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“Meanwhile, one Republican lost his nerve and so Mr. Carl’s nomination re...”— Congress Puzzles Over White Culture

“There were endless diversity trainings, a racial “climate” assessment—at one point, reporters were told they had to catalog, in minute detail, the identity characteristics of all their sources.”— The Lost Generation

“When the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions in 2023”— Ending college affirmative action didn’t devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it - The Boston Globe

“Johnson’s Executive Order 11246 [...] required private contractors doing work on behalf of the federal government to “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.””— The War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

“Trump is using D.E.I. to scythe through the federal government’s disproportionately Black and female workforce”— The War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

“Since affirmative action was instituted, conservatives have battled for the idea that character, ability and excellence should be the criteria for advancement, not gender, race or ethnicity.”— The Dispossession of Christian Americans

““This offer is aimed exclusively at Black, Indigenous and children of color,” reads the program website.”— German Evangelical Church bans White children from workshop on being 'courageous and strong' at national congress

“the Harvard and UNC programs lacked the “logical end point” suggested by Grutter: Both Harvard and UNC acknowledged that their programs do not have a “sunset” date.”— Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions

“Based on logistic regression analyses, race and ethnicity are apparently more heavily weighted in admissions now than in 1999 (one of the years reviewed by the Supreme Court, which struck down the undergraduate admissions system as unconstitutional).”— Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Michigan

“an affirmative action mandate increased the shares of employment in technical occupations among federal contractors”— How Diversity Policies Shape the US Labor Market

“A recent study examines the impact of California Proposition 209, which prohibited race-based affirmative action in public universities in 1998. The results reveal that the ban resulted in lower degree attainment for Black, Latinx, and Native American applicants”— How Diversity Policies Shape the US Labor Market

“The rule — named for Dan Rooney, late owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers — was instituted in 2003 and expanded in 2022. It requires NFL teams to interview at least two minority candidates for vacant general manager, head coach and coordinator positions.”— Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people

“In 2021, Miller's group successfully sued to block the implementation of a $29 billion pandemic-era program for women- and minority-owned restaurants, saying it discriminated against white-owned businesses.”— Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people

“their diversity policies allegedly violate federal anti-discrimination law.”— Corporate Diversity Complaints Place EEOC in Thorny Spot

“after the law firm eliminated the term âunderrepresented groupsâ from its diversity program criteria.”— Employers Downplay the âDâ in DEI Programs to Avoid Lawsuits (1)

“The firm’s $50,000 diversity and inclusion scholarship goes to students “who have demonstrated resilience and excellence on their path toward a career in law,” under the new language”— Gibson Dunn Changes Diversity Award Criteria as Firms Face Suits

“OCR enforces Title VI with respect to schools and other recipients of Federal financial assistance from the Department of Education.”— Dear Colleague Letter on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline

“under which she was admitted to Princeton University and Yale Law School”— Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: A Proud ‘Product of Affirmative Action’

“Do hate crimes suddenly not matter when the victims are white?”— In Philadelphia, the majority of hate crime victims were white people

“The Freshman Enhancement Program is billed as a four-week program to help rising sophomores better understand Morgan Stanley’s operations.”— Morgan Stanley Under Fire for Minority-Only Intern Program

“In New York state, if you’re white, you have to go to the back of the line to get medical health.”— Trump Is Right About Anti-White Discrimination

“The criteria for an award are that the student must be a person of color, a graduate of a Utah school, and enrolling as a freshmen during the specified semester.”— WATCH: Utah Gov. claims it’s not racist for white children to be excluded from Jazz-funded college scholarships

“They critiqued "liberal jurisprudence", including affirmative action, color-blindness, role modeling, and the merit principle.”— Critical race theory - Wikipedia

“in violation of a federal law that bars discrimination based on citizenship.”— Apple agrees to $25 million settlement with US over hiring of immigrants

“It requires Apple to pay $6.75 million in civil penalties and $18.25 million to an unspecified number of affected workers... Apple agreed to align its recruiting for PERM jobs with its normal practices. The company will be required to conduct more expansive recruitment and train employees on anti-discrimination laws, according to the settlement.”— Apple agrees to $25 million settlement with US over hiring of immigrants

“President Biden signs an executive order with US Vice President Kamala Harris during an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.”— Kamala Harris: Admin has duty to stop AI 'algorithmic discrimination,' ensure benefits 'shared equitably'

“To enforce these hiring quotas, Salesforce publicly states that it includes “representation goals as part of our executive compensation programs.” Using financial compensation to encourage executives to meet racial and sex-based hiring quotas is a violation of Title VII. Providing employee benefits to only certain employees based on their sex is discrimination in violation of Title VII.”— Request for Investigation of Salesforce, Inc.

“Title VII – that’s the part of the federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, or national origin, so it applies to all employers of a certain size.”— The Law that Banned Everything

“In 2011, the year I moved to Los Angeles, white men were 48 percent of lower-level TV writers; by 2024, they accounted for just 11.9 percent. The Atlantic’s editorial staff went from 53 percent male and 89 percent white in 2013 to 36 percent male and 66 percent white in 2024. White men fell from 39 percent of tenure-track positions in the humanities at Harvard in 2014 to 18 percent in 2023.”— People Are Getting Tired of Discrimination - Even Against White Men

“In 1987, Congress passed an exemption to a Medicare Anti-Kickback statute, which created a safe harbo”— The One Simple Thing That Makes the U.S. Economy Unmanageable

“Since 2022, Brown has hired forty-five tenure track professors in the humanities and social sciences. Just three were white American men.”— Academia does discriminate against white men

““This Department of Justice is eliminating its regulations that for far too long required recipients of federal funding to make decisions based on race,””— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld, in the name of "diversity," preferences to close partially the deviations from equal representation that arise when only objective standards are employed.”— Scandal! A Trump Nominee Is Not Ignorant of Basic Psychometrics

“many selective colleges give preference to the children of alumni in admissions. We find that white applicants were substantially more likely to have such legacy status than Asian applicants.”— Whom Do Colleges Discriminate Against Most?

“we identify geographic disparities potentially reflective of admissions policies that disadvantage students from certain regions of the United States.”— Whom Do Colleges Discriminate Against Most?

“Thus, in liberal California at the peak of the racial reckoning in 2020, the people voted against racial preferences 57–43.”— A Matter of Preference

“Under this rule, the plaintiff loses their case unless they can show, at a fairly early stage, “background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.””— Vox: "Baffling" that Supreme Court tolerated racist anti-white rule for 44 years

“First authorized by Congress in 1983, the program serves roughly 49,000 businesses designated as “disadvantaged.””— Trump calls for axing of $37 billion quota

“President Trump has ordered federal agencies to abandon the use of a longstanding legal tool used to root out discrimination against minorities, a move that could defang the nation’s bedrock civil rights law. In an expansive executive order, Mr. Trump directed the federal government to curtail the use of “disparate-impact liability,””— Am I better informed about reality because I'm evil?

“the 1971 Griggs decision by the Supreme Court that, in effect, put the burden of proof on employers to prove the “business necessity” of their hiring policies that have unequal outcomes by race”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“Congress rewrote it into law in the 1991 Civil Rights Act signed by George H.W. Bush.”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“Over the course of the 2010s, the literary pipeline for white men was effectively shut down.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“DEI Statements as Loyalty Oaths DEI statements… now function like ideological loyalty oaths”— Quotas, Activist Scholarship, and Political Bias in Psychology

“the requirement in some U.S. universities to provide DEI statements in job applications.”— Feedback on DEI Plans at My University

“The showrunner explained he’d submitted us for an upcoming writer’s room he was going to run—the exec had loved our pilot and wanted to hire us. ... But the writers room was small, he explained apologetically, and the higher-level writers were all white men. They couldn’t have an all-white-male room.”— The Lost Generation

“some courts have required plaintiffs from majority groups to prove an additional element if they lack direct evidence of discrimination: “background circumstances that support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.””— Supreme Court Rules 1964 Civil Rights Act Also Protects Whites

“Under de Blasio’s plan, students enrolled in the gifted and talented programs will stay in them. But the programs will no longer exist for incoming kindergarten students next fall. Instead... the city will sort out which third-graders should be put in accelerated classes by evaluating their school work and getting input from their teachers.”— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

“The Supreme Court’s decision resolves a split in the circuits and now all courts must evaluate claims brought by majority group plaintiffs under the same framework as any other Title VII claim, without the need for plaintiffs to prove “background circumstances.””— U.S. Supreme Court Reverses ‘Reverse’ Employment Discrimination Pleading Standard

“The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio granted summary judgment to the Ohio Department of Youth Services, dismissing Ames' claims, with the Sixth Circuit affirming.”— U.S. Supreme Court Holds No Higher Standard for "Majority Group" Discrimination Claims

“federal courts have modified the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework to evaluate Caucasian plaintiffs’ reverse racial discrimination claims.”— RACE-BASED REVERSE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS: A COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR CAUCASIAN PLAINTIFFS

“une politique constante de «discrimination positive» reposant sur l’ethnicité, d’immigration massive en provenance de pays émergents et, dernière étape, de clientélisme électoral sur des bases communautaires.”— Jared Taylor, théoricien du “réalisme racial”, nous écrit

“Tuesday's order also goes beyond just federal agencies, and directs the attorney general within 120 days to submit "recommendations for enforcing Federal civil-rights laws and taking other appropriate measures to encourage the private sector to end illegal discrimination and preferences, including DEI."”— Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave

“I was a litigator that was called upon to defend the state marriage amendments. If you remember back in the early 2000s there was over 35 states somewhere in that number that the people went to the ballot in their respective states and they amended their state constitutions to say marriage is one man, one woman.”— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex | CNN Politics

“In 2022, Johnson also introduced a bill that some describe as a national version of what critics have called Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill.”— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex | CNN Politics

“Develop and implement cross-organisational Action Plans which are reviewed and updated on an annual basis; sharing actions and targets publicly with performance analysis included as part of our enhanced Annual Performance Review.”— Anti-racism at National Museums Liverpool

“The orders cut funding for so-called DEI initiatives across all agencies in order to "end DEI inside the federal government," according to Trump administration officials. They also rescind numerous previous executive orders and actions from past administrations that aimed to promote diversity throughout the federal government.”— Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave

“The agencies must also submit "a written plan for executing a reduction-in-force action regarding the employees who work in a DEIA office," by 5 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 31, the memo stated.”— Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave

“On November 4, Ackman sent a letter to President Gay voicing his concerns over antisemitism, free speech and the impact of the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (OEDIB) at Harvard.”— Billionaire and Harvard grad Bill Ackman suggests Harvard president was a DEI pick

“Microsoft promised to double its number of Black managers and senior leaders in the U.S. by 2025, while Amazon said it would double its number of Black vice presidents and directors. Multiple companies, including Nike, also joined OneTen, a nonprofit coalition which strives to get 1 million Black employees middle-class jobs within a decade.”— Major US companies gave 94% of new jobs to people of color in 2021, report says

“After a Brexit vote Mr Farage favours implementing an Australian points-based immigration policy - backed by Tory Brexit campaigners Boris Johnson and Michael Gove”— More black people will come to Britain if we leave the EU, says Farage

“United plans to work with the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals, Sisters of the Skies, the Latino Pilots Association and the Professional Asian Pilots Association to recruit more diverse candidates, the airline said in its news release. United and JPMorgan Chase each committed to provide $1.2 million in scholarships this year”— United Airlines sets new diversity goal for pilot training

“On April 23, 2022, the final form amendments to Chapter 49 (relating to Certification of Professional Personnel) of Title 22 of the Pennsylvania Code became effective upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.”— Culturally2023 Relevant and Sustaining Education Program Framework Guidelines

“Continuing professional development programs must integrate the CR-SE competencies no later than the 2023-24 academic year.”— Culturally2023 Relevant and Sustaining Education Program Framework Guidelines

“Cabinet officials must work with President Trump to rescind President Obama and President Biden’s executive orders.”— The Coming Fight to Abolish DEI

“(d) establish a system for reporting regularly on agencies' progress in implementing their agency-specific Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plans and in meeting the objectives of this order.”— Executive Order 13583-- Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce

“Most students must take at least one class addressing “racial and ethnic intolerance and resulting inequality.” Doctoral students in educational studies must take an “equity lab” and a racial-justice seminar. Computer-science students are quizzed on microaggressions.”— The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?

“Michigan’s largest division trains professors in “antiracist pedagogy” and dispenses handouts on “Identifying and Addressing Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture,” like “worship of the written word.” The engineering school promises a “pervasive education around issues of race, ethnicity, unconscious bias and inclusion.””— The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?

“Some businesses are cutting back funding, trimming DEI staff — and even considering pulling back on things like employee resource groups”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“Goldman Sachs opened up its "Possibilities Summit" for Black college students to include white students”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“The EDUCATE Act is intended to ban race-based mandates at medical schools and accrediting institutions.”— Congressman Greg Murphy introduces ‘EDUCATE Act’ to ban DEI at medical schools

“the company amended the programâs requirements for the 2023 fellowship class by opening it up to applicants of all racial backgrounds.”— Pfizer Diversity Program Suit in Doubt as Appeal May Be Moot

“Morrison Foerster made its fellowship criteria race and gender neutral in August.”— Blum’s Group Drops DEI Lawsuit Against Morrison Foerster (2)

“They said the RAF's recruitment arm has effectively been told to take a pause on offering jobs to white male recruits in the hope that more slots can be filled by women and ethnic minorities during this financial year.”— RAF 'pauses job offers for white men' to meet 'impossible' diversity targets

“under his tenure since 2019, the RAF has taken steps to be more inclusive, such as changing the term for a member of the service to "aviator" from "airman", embracing gender-specific or gender-neutral pronouns in signatures and allowing staff to grow beards.”— RAF 'pauses job offers for white men' to meet 'impossible' diversity targets

“beginning in 1964, the Constitution was rewritten in the name of so-called civil rights, to aggressively disadvantage whites at every level of society. ... Freedom of association, long a pillar of American life and supposedly enshrined in the Constitution, was entirely vaporized.”— The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart (Jeremy Carl) - The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past

“The set of regulations euphemistically called Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing is simply meant to destroy white communities and confiscate their wealth.”— The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart (Jeremy Carl) - The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past

“The Junior Researcher Trainee role is a twelve-month placement provided by BBC Current Affairs... Applications for this position close on December 3rd. The Trainee Broadcast Journalist position is also a twelve-month opportunity provided by BBC World Service... Applications for this position close on December 4th.”— BBC defends banning white candidates from media placements

“new laws should be passed to “shock the system”. Since 1999 police have been trying to get the proportion of officers from ethnic minorities to match the proportion in the populations they serve.”— Police leader calls for laws to allow positive race discrimination

“Salesforce brags that it includes “representation goals as part of our executive compensation programs.””— America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Salesforce for Race and Sex-Based Discrimination; Warns Management of Violations of Fiduciary Duties

“To help Salesforce achieve its desired sex and race “balance,” Salesforce has tied its executive compensation to hiring quotas.”— Salesforce Board Letter 10042023

“The Aviate Academy... is owned by United, which bought the flight training school in 2020, and is part of the airline’s goal of hiring 5,000 pilots by 2030. Airline-owned schools are common abroad, but United’s is a first for a large U.S. airline. The carrier says it wants at least half of the new pilots to be women or people of color.”— The End of the All-Male, All-White Cockpit

“Alaska Airlines and its regional partner, Horizon Air, unveiled a similar program in March.”— The End of the All-Male, All-White Cockpit

“the curriculum imposed on students by the Santa Barbara Unified School District.”— It’s Not ‘Identity Politics,’ It’s Anti-White Politics - ILANA MERCER

“As of June 2020, the Academy board announced that it had actually surpassed its goals of inclusion, and the new 2020 member class was “45% women, 36% underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 49% international from 68 countries.””— What Is the Significance of the #OscarsSoWhite Hashtag? | Britannica

“Harvard may have violated and may be continuing to violate Title VII [of the Civil Rights Act] by engaging in a pattern or practice of disparate treatment against white, Asian, male, or straight employees, applicants, and training program participants in hiring, promotion (including but not limited to tenure decisions), compensation, and separation decisions; internship programs; and mentoring, leadership development, and other career development programs.”— Of Course Liberal Institutions Are Engaging In Illegal Hiring Practices On The Basis Of Race

“yes, white people who feel racial resentment, and/or who are outright racists, are vehemently opposed to RBAA.”— Against Detached Entitlement In Liberal Intellectual Spaces

“In California, which has been the epicenter of many fights over this policy. There, opponents of affirmative action were able to use the state’s wacky referendum system to enshrine into the state’s constitution a ban on all forms of affirmative action in 1996.”— Against Detached Entitlement In Liberal Intellectual Spaces

Harm Caused

Qualified white and Asian applicants lost college admissions and scholarships to less credentialed candidates under racial preferences, with median SAT gaps reaching hundreds of points at elite schools. At the University of Michigan, over 8,000 higher-scoring Hispanics, Asians, and whites were rejected in favor of Black applicants in a single year. This zero-sum redistribution created mismatch effects, with beneficiaries showing lower GPAs, fewer honors, and higher probation rates. The stigma of lowered standards also devalued achievements of successful minorities. ^[32][11]

Young white male writers saw their representation in television drop from 48 percent of lower-level positions in 2011 to 11.9 percent in 2024 as networks enforced diversity requirements that blocked all-white-male rooms. Similar declines occurred at The Atlantic, where white male editorial staff fell from 53 percent male and 89 percent white in 2013 to 36 percent male and 66 percent white in 2024. Jewish representation collapsed across fellowships and Ivy League admissions, with MacArthur awards dropping from three to six per class to zero or one. These losses created a lost generation with stalled careers and chilled ambition. ^[5][7]

Five white Philadelphia police officers with higher exam scores and strong records were denied promotions under the Rule of Five policy, which prioritized diversity over merit. White contractors lost bids to minority set-asides in Atlanta for 50 years, distorting public procurement. White patients were reportedly deprioritized for COVID therapeutics in states following FDA guidance that placed race above individual risk factors. These documented cases illustrate tangible opportunity costs. ^[18][17][44]

Federal DEI programs and disparate impact enforcement created a $30 billion internal compliance bureaucracy that chilled neutral hiring practices and forced ideological conformity. Schools altered discipline policies after federal guidance treated racial disparities as evidence of discrimination, contributing to safety concerns. The cumulative financial toll included billions in settlements, validation costs for tests, and lost productivity from mismatched employees. Public trust in institutions eroded as the assumption persisted despite visible tradeoffs. ^[20][39]

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““White people were very badly treated, where they did extremely well and they were not invited to go into a university to college,” ... “people that deserve to go to a college or deserve to get a job were unable to get a job. So it was, it was a reverse discrimination.””— Are the 57 Years of Affirmative Action a Conspiracy Theory?

“everybody who is anybody in academia knows, in contrast, that almost all colleges blatantly discriminate against Asians and whites.”— Mrs. McMahon Orders Colleges to 'Fess Up

“the public has, on the whole, never appreciated the morality of discriminating against living whites to make up for discrimination against dead blacks.”— A Matter of Preference

“The justifications offered for violating the 14th Amendment’s promise of “equal protection of the laws” have been less than lucid.”— What's Trump doing right?

“A fine new article in Compact, “The Lost Generation,” by Jacob Savage... quantifies just how much young white men have been squeezed out of entry-level jobs in entertainment writing, news media, and academia.”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“Comb through the dozens of Jewish names for the 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship (I count 30-40). You’ll have a much harder time finding them 10 years later (14-16).”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“Over the course of the 2010s, the literary pipeline for white men was effectively shut down. ... Of 14 millennial finalists for the National Book Award during that same time period, exactly zero are white men.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“We need novels that provide an honest accounting of the last decade and the profound ruptures it brought to American life. ... Workshopped to death, shorn of swagger and toxicity —and above all, humor—these books serve more as authorial performances than as novels”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“One thing that the publishing industry is missing out on by going all-female all-the-time is that men make much better critics at drawing attention. ... Women tend to be more focused on the Latest Thing than in cultural immortality. So, in today’s age of women writers, there is strikingly little interest in literature.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“the exec had loved our pilot and wanted to hire us. ... the writers room was small, he explained apologetically, and the higher-level writers were all white men. They couldn’t have an all-white-male room.”— The Lost Generation

“In 2011, the year I moved to Los Angeles, white men were 48 percent of lower-level TV writers; by 2024, they accounted for just 11.9 percent.”— The Lost Generation

“While expressions of racial prejudice directed at white people may hurt the white person/people individually or personally, and are never to be condoned, they do not have the power or authority to affect the white person’s social/economic/political location and privileges.”— Myth of Reverse Racism | Unpacking the Realities

“Those riots were seen as the beginnings of that “convulsive and cataclysmic change,” and were therefore necessary to bring an end to the “white oppressive system” and to pave the way for a new system. And so, the calls to end all cash bail and those district attorneys who chose to drop all charges against the rioters and looters”— Critical Race Theory (Part 3): CRT Today, and Other Pressing Issues (…and is it Marxist? Well…Sort of!)

“affirmative action makes it rational to discriminate... racial discrimination against Black professionals is justifiable if you want to receive the highest quality care... the degrees they hold should—from a rational Bayesian perspective—be viewed with suspicion... it makes credentialism worse, and because it means talent is misallocated on the basis of misleading credentials.”— Yes, Affirmative Action Justifies Discrimination

“it’s no wonder people like Justice Clarence Thomas feel that affirmative action devalued their educational achievements... the latter group actually misses out on opportunities because they’re displaced from rightfully-earned positions.”— Yes, Affirmative Action Justifies Discrimination

“brazen race preferences”— Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides

“According to the lawsuit, five white male officers were bypassed for promotions to captain and lieutenant in favor of non-white male candidates. The lawsuit claims the five officers had higher civil-service exam scores than the candidates they were passed over for.”— Lawsuit accuses Philly of denying promotions for 5 white police officers

“The academy’s library in Annapolis, Md., houses roughly 590,000 print books, 322 databases, and more than 5,000 print journals and magazines”— Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions

“This risk is existential for small and medium-sized businesses, which is one reason that labor-intensive businesses are dominated by massive conglomerates. You have to pay to play.”— How the EEOC built America's secret police, and got companies to pay for it

“the EEOC built a $30B network of internal informants and political officers (twice the size and 3X the budget of the KGB at its peak) who are not accountable to the Constitution, and got your boss to pay for it.”— How the EEOC built America's secret police, and got companies to pay for it

“Aptitude tests must be eliminated in schools, citizenship requirements waived from law enforcement, creditworthiness ignored in issuing loans.”— How the EEOC built America's secret police, and got companies to pay for it

“"The federal government has given the universities free rein to discriminate against white and Asian students," Christopher Rufo... said of the bill.”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“Depuis, combien de voitures et d’immeubles ont brûlé, combien de Français tués, combien de femmes françaises violées, combien de Français battus et humiliés, combien de quartiers sensibles perdus pour la souveraineté française ?”— Jared Taylor : « Pour que les Blancs puissent défendre leurs terres et leur culture, ils doivent se libérer de l'illusion suicidaire qu'ils ont été une présence malveillante sur la planète » [Interview]

“brazen race preferences.”— Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides

“Amid the deluge, the Office of Civil Rights removed the opportunity for complainants to appeal dismissals—a move Perry said exacerbated what was already an uphill battle.”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“Meanwhile, one Republican lost his nerve and so Mr. Carl’s nomination re...”— Congress Puzzles Over White Culture

“We’d put in our time... five years seemed par for the course... But of course, by 2016, we were already too late.”— The Lost Generation

“In 2021, new hires at Condé Nast were just 25 percent male and 49 percent white; at the California Times... just 39 percent male and 31 percent white. That year ProPublica hired 66 percent women and 58 percent people of color; at NPR, 78 percent of new hires were people of color.”— The Lost Generation

“Elite colleges are first and foremost the playgrounds of the wealthy... The University of North Carolina “had 16 times as many wealthy students as it did students from low-income backgrounds.””— Ending college affirmative action didn’t devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it - The Boston Globe

“Worries persist about what’s known as the “cascade” effect... this collapses the numbers of Black and brown students at the schools that boast the highest graduation rates and post-grad incomes.”— Ending college affirmative action didn’t devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it - The Boston Globe

“the white Christian middle class is being dispossessed. If elite colleges and grad schools enroll 75 percent of their students from the small Democratic minorities while white Christians and Catholics, who make up 75 percent of the population, are relegated to 25 percent of the seats, there is no doubt who is going to run America in the 21st century.”— The Dispossession of Christian Americans

“it is clear Evangelical Christians, Catholics, Mormons and Muslims are the victims of a bigotry so embedded Harvard cannot see it right in front of its eyes. As for the ethnic identity of Harvard’s rejects, it must include many kids of Scots-Irish, Irish, Welsh, German, Italian, Greek, Polish”— The Dispossession of Christian Americans

“The racist and anti-White workshop programs come at a time when the Evangelical Church in Germany is losing record numbers of members. In 2023, the Church lost nearly 600,000 people.”— German Evangelical Church bans White children from workshop on being 'courageous and strong' at national congress

“Germany’s top Church officials want more migrants, easier pathway to citizenship”— German Evangelical Church bans White children from workshop on being 'courageous and strong' at national congress

“both of which are antithetical to ideological capture... audit those programs and departments that most fuel antisemitic harassment or reflect ideological capture”— Letter Sent to Harvard 2025 04 11

““college admissions are zero-sum. A benefit provided to some applicants but not to others necessarily advantages the former group at the expense of the latter.””— Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions

“Such programs, he argued, “do nothing to increase the overall number of blacks and Hispanics able to access a college education” but instead “simply redistribute individuals” among colleges and universities, “placing some into more competitive institutions than they otherwise would have attended” – and where they may be less likely to succeed academically.”— Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions

“In the years analyzed, UM rejected over 8,000 Hispanics, Asians, and whites who had higher SAT or ACT scores and GPAs than the median black admittee--including nearly 2,700 students in 2005, the most recent year, alone.”— Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Michigan

“For every year, median cumulative GPAs for black and Hispanic students were significantly lower than those for Asians and whites. Proportionately fewer blacks and Hispanics were in UM’s honors program. Proportionately more blacks and Hispanics were on academic probation at some point during their enrollment at UM.”— Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Michigan

“"given the limited time frame to hire executives and coaches after the season, this results in fewer opportunities for similarly situated, well-qualified candidates who are not minorities."”— Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people

“in a bid to avoid suits”— Employers Downplay the âDâ in DEI Programs to Avoid Lawsuits (1)

“Perkins Coie’s racially discriminatory fellowship program”— Perkins Coie DEI Suit Ended by Anti-Affirmative Action Group (1)

“as rivals face lawsuits targeting similar programs.”— Gibson Dunn Changes Diversity Award Criteria as Firms Face Suits

“Many schools have adopted comprehensive, appropriate, and effective programs demonstrated to: (1) reduce disruption and misconduct; (2) support and reinforce positive behavior and character development; (3) help students succeed.”— Dear Colleague Letter on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline

“Joseph Messina walked outside his house and saw a racial slur spray-painted on his South Philadelphia home. “SNITCHIN A** DIE CRACKER”... stop exploiting hate crimes against nonwhite people for political gain.”— In Philadelphia, the majority of hate crime victims were white people

“Did Republicans and Trump supporters feel shame and disgust about themselves when they learned that the terrorist who killed 10 black people in Buffalo shared their delusional beliefs about white people being “replaced” or “oppressed” in America?”— Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that’s very dangerous

“Indeed, Donald Trump’s coup attempt and the assault on the Capitol by his followers on Jan. 6, 2021, was a textbook white-rage attack against the very idea of multiracial democracy.”— Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that’s very dangerous

“White racial paranoia and feelings of white grievance and victimhood have been the fuel for massive acts of violence against Black and brown Americans. Notable examples include the end of Reconstruction and the Red Summer.”— Donald Trump has learned how to manipulate white rage — that’s very dangerous

“Based on Morgan Stanley’s description, it appears that white and Asian applicants who are heterosexual are categorically ineligible for the program.”— Morgan Stanley Under Fire for Minority-Only Intern Program

““I’ve heard examples of COVID-19 cases in the emergency department where providers go, ‘I’m not going to go treat that white guy, I’m going to treat the person of color instead because whatever happened to the white guy, he probably deserves it.’"”— Trump Is Right About Anti-White Discrimination

“The caller, announced as David from Highland, asked "The Utah Jazz is excluding white children from consideration for their scholarship program. Do you think this is racist?"... Highland, where the caller was from, has a median annual income that is a little more than $130,000.”— WATCH: Utah Gov. claims it’s not racist for white children to be excluded from Jazz-funded college scholarships

“CRT began in the United States in the post–civil rights era, as 1960s landmark civil rights laws were being eroded and schools were being re-segregated. With racial inequalities persisting even after civil rights legislation...”— Critical race theory - Wikipedia

“$6.75 million in civil penalties”— Apple agrees to $25 million settlement with US over hiring of immigrants

“"Biden is being advised on technology policy, not by scientists, but by racially obsessed social academics and activists. We're already seen the biggest tech firms in the world, like Google under Eric Schmidt, use their power to push the left's agenda. This would take the tech/woke alliance to a whole new, truly terrifying level," Jones said.”— Kamala Harris: Admin has duty to stop AI 'algorithmic discrimination,' ensure benefits 'shared equitably'

“There is a profound and depressing irony in creating groups that divide and segregate by race, leaving some out in the cold, and naming them “equality groups.” That name, however, does not transform them into instruments of equality. Indeed, “Separate ... [is] inherently unequal.” Discrimination based on immutable characteristics such as race, color, national origin, or sex “generates a feeling of inferiority” in its victims “that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely to ever be done.””— Request for Investigation of Salesforce, Inc.

“Despite years of progressive activism, a majority of Americans still don’t buy into the “woke” narrative”— Not ‘Woke’ Yet? Most Voters Reject Anti-White Beliefs

“If everything is potentially illegal, and government does not have the resources to go after everything, then the government basically has arbitrary power to do whatever it wants under civil rights law.”— The Law that Banned Everything

“The doors seemed to close everywhere and all at once… This particular attempt at revolution has created a cadre of potential counterrevolutionaries with a clear material grievance against the entire system”— People Are Getting Tired of Discrimination - Even Against White Men

“if a patient of one particular insurer using a particular PBM went to Costco, it was $97, if that patient went to Walgreens, it was $9,000, if he/she got home delivery, it was $19,200. ... the changes are up to 10,000 percent different depending on where you are being treated. ... costing hundreds of billions of dollars.”— The One Simple Thing That Makes the U.S. Economy Unmanageable

“Now white males are underrepresented — to the tune of more than 25%.”— Academia does discriminate against white men

“in 2023, the absolute number of white female assistant professors was almost 30% higher than the absolute number of white male assistant professors.”— Academia does discriminate against white men

“young white men have been squeezed out of entry-level jobs in entertainment writing, news media, and academia.”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“From 2010 through 2019 there were at least three Jews in every MacArthur Fellowship class, sometimes as many as five or six. ... Since 2020, just 0-1 Jews a year have been awarded grants.”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“The quality of our hires fell off once we stopped using Dr. Eskin’s quite difficult exam.”— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“our biggest client, Procter & Gamble, had gone to considerable trouble and expense to hire consultants to document persuasively to the EEOC”— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“Conservatives have long argued that proving discrimination should require proof that someone intended to treat people differently. And they say that when people are being judged by data, they feel pressure to make decisions based on racial quotas.”— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“The fallout in part led him to resign as president of Harvard University.”— Scandal! A Trump Nominee Is Not Ignorant of Basic Psychometrics

“despite a variety of preferential programs for women, Ivy League colleges still offer tenure in math, science, and engineering mostly to male professors.”— Scandal! A Trump Nominee Is Not Ignorant of Basic Psychometrics

“Asian American applicants had 28% lower odds of ultimately attending an Ivy-11 school than white applicants with similar academic and extracurricular qualifications. The gap was particularly pronounced for students of South Asian descent (49% lower odds).”— Whom Do Colleges Discriminate Against Most?

“Identifying potential disparate impacts of “Ivy-Plus” admissions policies is of particular importance, as alumni of “Ivy-Plus” schools are disproportionately represented in positions of power.”— Whom Do Colleges Discriminate Against Most?

“even at the cost of injustice to individual whites.”— A Matter of Preference

“how many tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in damages might be coming to white victims of racially discriminatory hiring.”— Vox: "Baffling" that Supreme Court tolerated racist anti-white rule for 44 years

“That’s $37 billion annually, not over the lifetime of this 42-year-old quota system. Presumably, in current dollars, the amount awarded under this one explicit 10% quota since 1983 could well be over a trillion dollars.”— Trump calls for axing of $37 billion quota

“It’s hard for people to grasp this, but black or female beneficiaries of quotas tend to be upscale.”— Trump calls for axing of $37 billion quota

“Walmart, which in 2020 agreed to a $20 million settlement in a case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that claimed the company’s practice of giving physical ability tests to applicants for certain grocery warehouse jobs made it more difficult for women to get the positions. Walmart warehouse orderfillers routinely lift 50 pounds all day long and sometimes lift 80 pounds.”— Am I better informed about reality because I'm evil?

“Over the last decade, major businesses and organizations have settled cases in which the disparate-impact test was applied, resulting in significant policy changes.”— Am I better informed about reality because I'm evil?

“my impression is that Procter & Gamble spent a large amount of money to validate their famous hiring exam.”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“When challenged to prove it was valid, management punted rather than spend the money and threw out the test. The quality of new hires seemed to decline.”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“Unwilling to portray themselves as victims (cringe, politically wrong), or as aggressors (toxic masculinity), unable to assume the authentic voices of others (appropriation), younger white men are no longer capable of describing the world around them.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“We need novels that provide an honest accounting of the last decade and the profound ruptures it brought to American life.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“The current political monoculture threatens the ability of psychology to produce valid conclusions on politicized topics. This then has the downstream consequence of undermining the credibility of psychology... In a large national survey, for example, Marietta and Barker (2019) found that the greater the political skew that people believe characterizes academia, the less credibility is given to its scholarship.”— Quotas, Activist Scholarship, and Political Bias in Psychology

“Population quotas will end up undermining our science just like affirmative action undermines the status of high-achieving minorities in college admissions - by casting doubt on the qualifications of all minority candidates.”— Quotas, Activist Scholarship, and Political Bias in Psychology

“implicit bias training... has become a multi-million dollar industry.”— Why Implicit Bias Training Doesn't Work

“In 2011, the year I moved to Los Angeles, white men were 48 percent of lower-level TV writers; by 2024, they accounted for just 11.9 percent.”— People Are Getting Tired of Discrimination - Even Against White Men

“If you were forty in 2014—born in 1974, beginning your career in the late-90s—you were already established. If you were thirty in 2014, you hit the wall. Because the mandates to diversify didn’t fall on older white men, who in many cases still wield enormous power: They landed on us…”— People Are Getting Tired of Discrimination - Even Against White Men

“making universities even more politically homogeneous than they already were; reducing public trust in universities”— Feedback on DEI Plans at My University

“although fewer women apply for tenure-track jobs, those who do apply are more likely to be interviewed and more likely to get offered the job.”— The Truth About Sexism in Science

“a straight woman who twice lost positions to gay workers, saying an appeals court had been wrong to require her to meet a heightened burden... Lower courts ruled against Ms. Ames on those grounds.”— Supreme Court Rules 1964 Civil Rights Act Also Protects Whites

““The ‘background circumstances’ rule is nonsensical for an additional reason: It requires courts to assume that only an ‘unusual employer’ would discriminate against those it perceives to be in the majority,” he wrote. “But,” he added, quoting from a supporting brief, “a number of this nation’s largest and most prestigious employers have overtly discriminated against those they deem members of so-called majority groups. American employers have long been ‘obsessed’ with ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ initiatives and affirmative action plans.””— Supreme Court Rules 1964 Civil Rights Act Also Protects Whites

“Marcia Benjamin-Charles... said she fears de Blasio’s move will result in an exodus of bright students to charter schools. “I’m African American, and a lot of African American children are going to charter schools now,””— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

“The move also puts de Blasio’s likely successor, Eric Adams, in a bind... “Eric will assess the plan and reserves his right to implement policies based on the needs of students and parents, should he become mayor,””— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

“The ‘background circumstances’ rule disregards this admonition by uniformly subjecting all majority-group plaintiffs to the same, highly specific evidentiary standard in every case.… [T]he rule effectively requires majority-group plaintiffs (and only majority-group plaintiffs) to produce certain types of evidence—such as statistical proof or information about the relevant decisionmaker’s protected traits—that would not otherwise be required to make out a prima facie case.”— U.S. Supreme Court Reverses ‘Reverse’ Employment Discrimination Pleading Standard

“In those circuit courts, a majority plaintiff will no longer be subjected to the higher standard under the background circumstances rule, which may make it easier for majority group plaintiffs to proceed past the motion to dismiss and/or summary judgment phases.”— U.S. Supreme Court Holds No Higher Standard for "Majority Group" Discrimination Claims

“the courts have unintentionally created a situation resulting in different outcomes between Caucasian plaintiffs with similar claims”— RACE-BASED REVERSE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS: A COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR CAUCASIAN PLAINTIFFS

“Trump officials and members of the Department of Justice will meet with different agencies monthly to evaluate how ongoing DEI programs are allegedly discriminating against Americans.”— Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave

“US NAVY PLATFORMED ‘DRAG QUEEN INFLUENCER’ TO ATTRACT YOUTH TO THE MILITARY IN HIRING CRISIS”— White House slams GOP’s anti-woke defense bill, says diversity gives US a ‘strategic advantage’

“In the House Republican Conference’s voting for their speaker nominee, Tom Emmer, who initially beat out Johnson, came under fire from conservatives for voting to codify same-sex marriage in 2022. Johnson, according to Punchbowl News, reportedly made an issue of Emmer’s vote.”— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex | CNN Politics

“Actively work with organisations to identify and understand their histories, understand its legacies and to make an honest appraisal of slavery, colonialism and racial inequality - unlocking the hurt caused.”— Anti-racism at National Museums Liverpool

“the presidents of three prestigious universities resign after they refused to say that calling for the genocide of Jews on their campuses breached their rules and led to harassment.”— Billionaire and Harvard grad Bill Ackman suggests Harvard president was a DEI pick

“Those same roles also subtracted more than 18,000 White workers. At major companies that lost employees, 68.5% were White workers compared to 16.5% Black, 9.7% Hispanic and 2.3% Asian. Efforts aimed at promoting diversity in workplaces have received backlash nationwide. Late last year, Texas A&M University was sued over a hiring practice which allegedly discriminated against White and Asian male applicants.”— Major US companies gave 94% of new jobs to people of color in 2021, report says

“‘I have no GP as they are all full in my area, I can’t get on the housing ladder and have three kids in one room... The place where I grew up was once a lovely area but it is now a no-go zone.’”— More black people will come to Britain if we leave the EU, says Farage

“Identify and make efforts to remove bias in their teaching materials, assignments, curriculum, and resource allocation.”— Culturally2023 Relevant and Sustaining Education Program Framework Guidelines

“routed billions of dollars toward advancing this ideology throughout American society.”— The Coming Fight to Abolish DEI

“the federal DEI bureaucracy, if not dispatched immediately, will prevent that work from being done effectively.”— The Coming Fight to Abolish DEI

“Some college administrations and boards may not wait for state laws to eradicate DEI programs in schools, and could defund them under pressure. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, for example, is proposing to eliminate positions and restructure its DEI office.”— Anti-DEI bills targeting colleges have surged since 2021

“some CEOs are feeling like they didn't hire well for these roles, bringing on people with civil rights backgrounds instead of more corporate expertise”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“That suit settled in late 2022”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

““The EDUCATE Act compels medical schools and accrediting bodies to ditch the discriminatory, divisive, and harmful nature of DEI initiatives.”— Congressman Greg Murphy introduces ‘EDUCATE Act’ to ban DEI at medical schools

“Blum told Bloomberg Law AAER is “satisfied that this illegal policy was changed to include everyone, ...”— Blum’s Group Drops DEI Lawsuit Against Morrison Foerster (2)

“concerns that any such restrictions on hiring, however temporary and limited, could undermine the fighting strength of the Royal Air Force (RAF), the sources said.”— RAF 'pauses job offers for white men' to meet 'impossible' diversity targets

“But at the same time the military's flying training system - a fundamental part of a functioning air force - is in crisis, as revealed by Sky News earlier this month. Hundreds of junior pilots are either waiting for slots on courses to open up or taking refresher courses even though Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, gave Air Chief Marshal Wigston the task of fixing flying training as his "only priority" more than two and a half years ago.”— RAF 'pauses job offers for white men' to meet 'impossible' diversity targets

“between 2007 and 2016, non-whites gained ten million jobs while whites lost 700,000 ... This ethnic cleansing stole the massive generational wealth of millions of whites.”— The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart (Jeremy Carl) - The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past

“the mortgage bailouts after 2008 went vastly disproportionately to non-whites, but were paid for by whites. ... Whites are turned away from all good universities in huge numbers, to instead admit grossly unqualified non-whites.”— The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart (Jeremy Carl) - The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past

“A UKIP spokesperson told Blasting News: "...to think that the whole white community cannot know anything about what happens in the ethnic community is ridiculous." Michael Heaver... tweeted: "Why is Britain's state broadcaster advertising an internship open to everyone except someone with white skin? White working class frozen out yet again."”— BBC defends banning white candidates from media placements

“changing the overall makeup of forces was slow and budget cuts meant few new officers joined between 2010-2015. “It will take a long time. The turnover of police officers is really quite slow, so it is about 6% a year”— Police leader calls for laws to allow positive race discrimination

“Research also suggests that blame-focused diversity training reinforces biases and decreases opportunities for minorities. Instructing Federal employees that treating individuals on the basis of individual merit is racist or sexist directly undermines our Merit System Principles and impairs the efficiency of the Federal service. Similarly, our Uniformed Services should not teach our heroic men and women in uniform the lie that the country for which they are willing to die is fundamentally racist. Such teachings could directly threaten the cohesion and effectiveness of our Uniformed Services.”— Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping

“For too long, major corporations have openly and proudly violated Title VII and engaged in illegal race and sex-based discrimination”— America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Salesforce for Race and Sex-Based Discrimination; Warns Management of Violations of Fiduciary Duties

“For example, a recent Section 1981 race discrimination verdict in the Eastern District of Texas resulted in a judgment of over $70 million (plus fees and pre/post-judgment interest). In a different Section 1981 case, a white employee brought action against her employer for race discrimination under Section 1981... resulting in a jury verdict of over $25 million.”— Salesforce Board Letter 10042023

““JCCC’s discriminatory curriculum has led to increased racial animosity toward Caucasian teachers and students,” ... American kids can barely read properly or speak and write grammatically.”— It’s Not ‘Identity Politics,’ It’s Anti-White Politics - ILANA MERCER

“Films such as Queen & Slim, Dolemite Is My Name, The Farewell, and Us, to name just a small few, were releases from 2019 that showcased the ingenuity of the best actors and filmmakers working right now. They also have in common that they consistently showed up on film critics’ annual lists of films “snubbed” by the Oscars.”— What Is the Significance of the #OscarsSoWhite Hashtag? | Britannica

“creating monetary incentives for executives to reach these goals, and evaluating executives performance based on whether they reached these goals”— The legal war on DEI begins: Missouri sues Starbucks over its diversity programs

“Even if Harvard quickly wins in court, they have determined, the school will still face wide-ranging funding problems and continuing investigations by the administration. Some university officials even fear that the range of civil investigations could turn into full-blown criminal inquiries.”— Of Course Liberal Institutions Are Engaging In Illegal Hiring Practices On The Basis Of Race

“how is this going to create a more competitive pool of black and Latino college students?”— Against Detached Entitlement In Liberal Intellectual Spaces

“people tend to stigmatize this sort of argument as itself racist, but that they shouldn’t.”— Against Detached Entitlement In Liberal Intellectual Spaces

Downfall

The assumption began to face serious pressure after the 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which held race-conscious admissions unconstitutional and forced disclosure of long-hidden qualification gaps. The 6-3 decision effectively overruled Grutter and exposed how preferences operated in practice. Universities immediately sought workarounds through essay prompts and video statements, but the ruling shifted the legal landscape. A substantial body of experts now view the earlier framework as flawed. ^[31]

Jacob Savage's essays in Compact and Tablet quantified the exclusion of white male millennials and Jews from elite fellowships, prizes, and newsrooms, with viral reach after October 2023. His counts showed zero white American male millennial fiction writers in certain major lists since 2020 and parallel drops for Jewish representation. These data-driven pieces gained traction amid growing skepticism of DEI. The New York Times and The Atlantic published commentary acknowledging the patterns. ^[5][6][59]

President Trump's executive orders dismantled federal DEI offices, rescinded prior mandates, and directed enforcement against private sector programs as illegal discrimination. The Justice Department and EEOC faced complaints from America First Legal targeting companies like Salesforce for explicit quotas. Major employers including Meta, McDonald's, and Walmart began winding down initiatives after the affirmative action ban and legal pressure. Growing evidence from polls and court records challenges the original claim that no harm occurred to whites. ^{[80][103][27]}

The Supreme Court unanimously rejected the background circumstances rule in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, ruling that Title VII applies equally to all races without heightened burdens for majority plaintiffs. This 9-0 decision resolved a 44-year circuit split and removed a key legal protection for anti-white practices. Trump's 2025 actions further curtailed disparate impact enforcement. Significant evidence now questions the assumption, though debate continues among experts. ^[65][76]

▶ Supporting Quotes (105)

“Speaking to The New York Times on Wednesday, Mr. Trump echoed grievances amplified by Vice President JD Vance and other top officials who in recent weeks have urged white men to file federal complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.”— Are the 57 Years of Affirmative Action a Conspiracy Theory?

“Supreme Court’s Harvard case in 2023, colleges are forced under oath to reveal how they decide whom to let in.”— Mrs. McMahon Orders Colleges to 'Fess Up

“My new Taki's Magazine column ponders why Trump's all-out attack on DEI racial preferences has been so successful... And it’s pretty obvious that the woke are motivated by racist animus against whites, which most working-class non-whites find distasteful... The hardworking Hispanic men who voted half for Trump in 2024”— A Matter of Preference

“Well, that didn’t happen.”— What's Trump doing right?

“The Great Awokening eventually managed to make this kind of racist anti-whiteism uncool.”— What's Trump doing right?

“So, the second Trump Administration’s anti-anti-whiteism has so far largely escaped criticism for why being anti-racist is bad.”— What's Trump doing right?

“Back before October 7, 2023, not many Jews were yet willing to admit that diversity wasn’t good for the Jews. After the subsequent upsurge of approval for Hamas’ raid on Israel by the Diverse, however, Savage’s critique of DEI is catching on more broadly.”— Sailer: Why Is The Establishment So Blatantly Anti-White Male?

“It’s easy enough to trace the decline of young white men in American letters—just browse The New York Times’s “Notable Fiction” list.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“Comb through the dozens of Jewish names for the 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship (I count 30-40). You’ll have a much harder time finding them 10 years later (14-16). ... From 2010 through 2019 there were at least three Jews in every MacArthur Fellowship class, sometimes as many as five or six. ... Since 2020, just 0-1 Jews a year have been awarded grants.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“As the Trump Administration takes a chainsaw to the diversity, equity, and inclusion apparatus”— The Lost Generation

“These external critics point to the statistics of various minority groups like Asians and Jews to show that if the system was really rigged, those minorities wouldn’t be able to succeed either.”— Critical Race Theory (Part 3): CRT Today, and Other Pressing Issues (…and is it Marxist? Well…Sort of!)

“Thanks to the wonders of courtroom disclosure, we know that the gap in qualifications at Harvard is actually considerably larger than what I simulated above.”— Yes, Affirmative Action Justifies Discrimination

“Sounds like a job for Pam Bondi.”— Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides

“On Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, America First Legal (AFL) announced a federal class-action lawsuit against the city, Philadelphia Police and senior law enforcement officials who implemented Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) hiring and promotion policies within the department.”— Lawsuit accuses Philly of denying promotions for 5 white police officers

“The court filing on the admissions policy, submitted by the Naval Academy, the Department of Defense, Mr. Hegseth and other officials”— Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions

““The U.S. Naval Academy is fully committed to executing and implementing all directives outlined in executive orders issued by the president and is currently reviewing the Nimitz Library collection to ensure compliance,””— Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions

“The proposed law comes as universities around the country are combing for loopholes in the affirmative action ban.”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“Au moins les nations d’Europe de l’Est ont-elles conscience de la menace qui pèse sur nous et des enjeux qui en découlent. Elles voient ce qui se passe en France et en Allemagne.”— Jared Taylor : « Pour que les Blancs puissent défendre leurs terres et leur culture, ils doivent se libérer de l'illusion suicidaire qu'ils ont été une présence malveillante sur la planète » [Interview]

“Sounds like a job for Pam Bondi.”— Atlanta Flaunts Its Minority Set-Asides

“The bill would create a new mechanism for applicants and university employees to file discrimination claims against admissions departments.”— Republicans Propose New Office To Enforce Affirmative Action Ban

“As the Trump Administration takes a chainsaw to the diversity, equity, and inclusion apparatus”— The Lost Generation

“A recent study, one of the first to look at the impact of the Supreme Court case across a wide range of colleges and not just the Top 50... found that while Black and Latino enrollments indeed slumped at selective schools... public universities picked up some of the slack.”— Ending college affirmative action didn’t devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it - The Boston Globe

“Trump’s decision to reach back to 1965 to rescind Lyndon Johnson’s Executive Order 11246.”— The War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

“the Supreme Court’s sacking of affirmative action”— The War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

“non-Jewish whites — 75 percent of the U.S. population — get just 25 percent of the slots. Talk about underrepresentation! Now we know who really gets the shaft at Harvard — white Christians.”— The Dispossession of Christian Americans

“The Church is now being questioned about its commitment to anti-racist and universalist principles.”— German Evangelical Church bans White children from workshop on being 'courageous and strong' at national congress

“this letter incorporates and supersedes the terms of the federal government’s prior letter of April 3, 2025... during the period in which reforms are being implemented, which shall be at least until the end of 2028”— Letter Sent to Harvard 2025 04 11

“In a historic decision, the Supreme Court severely limited, if not effectively ended, the use of affirmative action in college admissions on Thursday. 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”— Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs in college admissions

“In 1999, 2003, and 2004, the odds were roughly 25 to 1 favoring blacks among students taking the SATs. The odds favoring blacks increased significantly in 2005 regardless of what test one took. The black-to-white odds ratios were 70 to 1 using the SAT and 63 to 1 using the ACT.”— Racial and Ethnic Preferences in Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Michigan

“Critics of affirmative action argue that discrimination, whether present or past, plays a minimal role in educational and employment disparities among different racial and gender groups.”— How Diversity Policies Shape the US Labor Market

“Such groups have gained momentum with the Supreme Court's turn to the right — most notably its recent rejection of affirmative action in college admissions. The court ruled that programs designed to benefit people of color and address past injustices discriminate against white and Asian Americans. In 2021, a federal judge blocked a $4 billion program to help Black farmers. Earlier this month, another federal judge ruled that the Commerce Department's Minority Business Development Agency was discriminating against white people”— Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people

“A US civil rights agency finds itself in a difficult position after getting hit by requests”— Corporate Diversity Complaints Place EEOC in Thorny Spot

“The strategy has also shown ...”— Employers Downplay the âDâ in DEI Programs to Avoid Lawsuits (1)

“The lawsuit’s dismissal comes two days after Perkins argued the suit was “moot” because of the fellowship program changes.”— Perkins Coie DEI Suit Ended by Anti-Affirmative Action Group (1)

“Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher changed the eligibility criteria for its diversity scholarships”— Gibson Dunn Changes Diversity Award Criteria as Firms Face Suits

“UNDER REVIEW. This document and the underlying issues are under review by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice (as of July 30, 2021). The December 21, 2018 Dear Colleague Letter that rescinded this document is also under review.”— Dear Colleague Letter on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline

“white people were more often the victims of hate crimes than any other racial group each year between 2017 and 2020... white people are a minority in the city — 41.4% of the city’s population is black, while 39.3% is white.”— In Philadelphia, the majority of hate crime victims were white people

“"It is difficult to understand how these programs passed internal legal review in light of the clear statutory prohibitions discussed above," the letter reads.”— Morgan Stanley Under Fire for Minority-Only Intern Program

“This trend has been well documented by the Washington Free Beacon and other outlets.”— Trump Is Right About Anti-White Discrimination

“Cox may be clear on his points, as may be many of his constituents, but for others, whether they be David from Highland or casual onlookers from Twitter, it could be a hard sell to exclude children from academic and financial benefits on the basis of their skin color alone.”— WATCH: Utah Gov. claims it’s not racist for white children to be excluded from Jazz-funded college scholarships

“Since 2020, conservative US lawmakers have sought to ban or restrict the teaching of CRT in primary and secondary schools...”— Critical race theory - Wikipedia

“Apple Inc will pay $25 million to settle claims by the U.S. Department of Justice that the company illegally favored immigrant workers over U.S. citizen and green card holders for certain jobs”— Apple agrees to $25 million settlement with US over hiring of immigrants

“‘Unconscious bias training as a standalone solution is unlikely to tackle all the diversity woes in an organisation,’ says Nic.”— Is 'unconscious bias' just a convenient way to avoid acknowledging racism?

“AFL hereby requests the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) open an investigation into Salesforce, Inc. (“Salesforce”) for engaging in unlawful employment practices in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2.”— Request for Investigation of Salesforce, Inc.

“79% of American Adults agree with the statement, “Black people can be racist, too,” including 53% who Strongly Agree. Just 12% disagree”— Not ‘Woke’ Yet? Most Voters Reject Anti-White Beliefs

“The lesson I hope people take away from this conversation is that all is not hopeless. Opposition to wokeness can be more than sterile complaints from disillusioned academics and a way to bond conservative audiences to Republican politicians.”— The Law that Banned Everything

“The piece has gone massively viral and elicited a surprisingly positive response - another sign, I suggest, that the tide is turning against the extreme wokeness of the 2010s and early 2020s.”— People Are Getting Tired of Discrimination - Even Against White Men

“The Federal Trade Commission included this alleged scam in its complaint filed against these companies in September of 2024. ... Fourteen years later, in 2024, the Government Accountability Office reported that hospitals are still not fully releasing chargemaster lists.”— The One Simple Thing That Makes the U.S. Economy Unmanageable

“we have experiments showing that when you hold applicants’ research quality and teaching experience constant, American academics prefer to hire women and non-whites. And not just a little bit — they strongly prefer applicants who aren’t white men.”— Academia does discriminate against white men

“white males are the only group that saw their representation among assistant professors fall between 1991 and 2023. Every other group saw at least a small increase”— Academia does discriminate against white men

“the Justice Department moved Tuesday to kill a decades-old provision of civil rights law that allows statistical disparities to be used as proof of racial discrimination.”— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“To my mind, the big problem with the last 50+ years of disparate impact law is that it denies learning from the advance of social science.”— After 50+ years, Trump Bans Disparate Impact Fantasy

“A 2003 study based on the aptitude test scores of Scottish 11-year-olds from 1932 found that “boys were over-represented at the low and high extremes of cognitive ability.” A 2016 study... declared, “The ‘greater male variability hypothesis’ is confirmed.””— Scandal! A Trump Nominee Is Not Ignorant of Basic Psychometrics

“in the 2000s, women have made up 15 of the 193 Nobel laureates in the hard sciences (physics, chemistry, and medicine), or 7.8%.”— Scandal! A Trump Nominee Is Not Ignorant of Basic Psychometrics

“Given the high yield rates and competitive financial aid policies of the schools we consider, the disparity in attendance rates is likely driven, at least in part, by admissions decisions.”— Whom Do Colleges Discriminate Against Most?

“My new Taki's Magazine column ponders why Trump's all-out attack on DEI racial preferences has been so successful. Most Americans without graduate degrees find it difficult to conceive of justifications for discriminating on the basis of race. Thus, in liberal California at the peak of the racial reckoning in 2020, the people voted against racial preferences 57–43.”— A Matter of Preference

“In Jackson’s words, “by establishing the same protections for every ‘individual’ — without regard to that individual’s membership in a minority or majority group — Congress left no room for courts to impose special requirements on majority-group plaintiffs alone.””— Vox: "Baffling" that Supreme Court tolerated racist anti-white rule for 44 years

“The Justice Department, which a few months ago defended the program under President Joe Biden, wrote in Wednesday’s filing that it “reevaluated” its position in light of the June 2023 Supreme Court decision banning race-conscious college admissions.”— Trump calls for axing of $37 billion quota

“In September 2023, a Tennessee judge ruled that a Small Business Administration 8(a) program for minority contractors could no longer presume certain ethnic groups were inherently “disadvantaged” — a key requirement to receive set-asides for government contracts. In March 2024, a federal judge in Texas ordered the 55-year-old Minority Business Development Agency to open its doors to all, including White entrepreneurs.”— Trump calls for axing of $37 billion quota

“Trump’s landmark April 23rd executive order telling federal bureaucrats to stop using disparate impact reasoning in civil rights matters... The Supreme Court and federal executive branch think the subject is crucial; but they tend to be ignoramuses on the findings of the social sciences over the last 59 years.”— Am I better informed about reality because I'm evil?

“By 1991, however, we were a quarter of a century into the new era of social science... Today, though, we are 59 years out from the Coleman Report.”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“the Trump Administration’s April 23rd Executive Order against the use of the disparate-impact liability concept in civil rights enforcement.”— Trump's Disparate Impact Executive Order

“It’s easy enough to trace the decline of young white men in American letters—just browse The New York Times’s “Notable Fiction” list.”— The Vanishing White Male Writer

“two papers that appeared recently in Perspectives on Psychological Science: one by Keith Stanovich and one by Lee Jussim.”— Quotas, Activist Scholarship, and Political Bias in Psychology

“The evidence [for implicit prejudice reduction] is thin. Together with the lack of evidence for diversity training, these studies do not justify the enthusiasm with which implicit prejudice reduction trainings have been received in the world over the past decade. -Elizabeth Paluck et al. (2023, Annual Review of Psychology).”— Why Implicit Bias Training Doesn't Work

“Savage’s piece has inspired a huge amount of commentary. Here’s an excerpt from an essay in The New York Times by Ross Douthat.”— People Are Getting Tired of Discrimination - Even Against White Men

“Their overall conclusion is that the evidence simply doesn’t support claims of pervasive anti-female bias in science. In fact, in some domains, it’s now men who face discrimination.”— The Truth About Sexism in Science

“As the Trump Administration takes a chainsaw to the diversity, equity, and inclusion apparatus, there’s a tendency to portray DEI as a series of well-meaning but ineffectual HR modules.”— The Lost Generation

“The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled in favor of a straight woman who twice lost positions to gay workers, saying an appeals court had been wrong to require her to meet a heightened burden in seeking to prove workplace discrimination because she was a member of a majority group.”— Supreme Court Rules 1964 Civil Rights Act Also Protects Whites

“"Though we support several aspects of Brilliant NYC... we are not confident that accelerated learning by itself will meet the needs of our gifted learners equally," Lauri Kirsch... said. "Moving forward, I’m hopeful that the mayor and New York City Department of Education will reconsider this plan...”— N.Y.C. public schools phasing out gifted and talented programs

“The Court held that the “background circumstances” rule is irreconcilable with the plain text of Title VII. Title VII establishes “the same protections for every individual—without regard to that individual’s membership in a minority or majority group,” the Court said, leaving “no room for courts to impose special requirements on majority-group plaintiffs alone.””— U.S. Supreme Court Reverses ‘Reverse’ Employment Discrimination Pleading Standard

“The Supreme Court unanimously vacated and remanded the case, rejecting the proposal that members of a majority group can be held to a higher evidentiary standard than minority plaintiffs. The Supreme Court pointed to the text of Title VII, which contains no language that requires an individual in the majority to meet a higher standard than that of an individual in minority.”— U.S. Supreme Court Holds No Higher Standard for "Majority Group" Discrimination Claims

“This Note proposes a combination of factors test. This approach to the McDonnell Douglas framework recommends that the first prong of the prima facie case draw from essential factors that are viable to the current three approaches.”— RACE-BASED REVERSE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS: A COMBINATION OF FACTORS TO THE PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR CAUCASIAN PLAINTIFFS

“nous sommes visiblement de plus en plus nombreux à estimer qu’elle est très coûteuse [...] Mes réflexions sont créditées, c’est vrai, d’un rôle notable dans la naissance du mouvement dit «Alt right» [...] mes idées ont de l’avis général exercé [...] un rôle d’influence dans le bouleversement politique du 8 novembre 2016”— Jared Taylor, théoricien du “réalisme racial”, nous écrit

“President Trump signed executive orders Monday and Tuesday that aim to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government.”— Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave

“A number of major U.S. employers including Meta, McDonald's and Walmart have wound down their diversity programs following a 2023 Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action in college admissions, and under pressure from conservative political activists.”— Trump signs orders ending diversity programs; federal DEI staffers being placed on leave

“Johnson is now the speaker of the House at a time when a majority of Americans are strongly supportive of gay rights.”— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex | CNN Politics

“Ackman's comments came a day after he publicly called on Harvard President Dr. Claudine Gay... to "resign in disgrace" following their appearances at a House committee hearing”— Billionaire and Harvard grad Bill Ackman suggests Harvard president was a DEI pick

“Bloomberg noted that some of these decisions may have already been undone following significant job cuts due to economic slowing and backlash against corporate diversity initiatives. Broader societal trends may also be at play in these numbers, the publication suggested, such as a significant number of White employees retiring during the pandemic.”— Major US companies gave 94% of new jobs to people of color in 2021, report says

“A new report from the far-left Human Rights Campaign shows a remarkable shift: a 65% drop in Fortune 500 companies publicly communicating commitments to diversity and inclusion initiatives... The Federal Trade Commission reportedly sent letters to 42 of the largest and most profitable law firms”— Corporate America has decided that DEI needs to DIE

“public polling data indicate that Americans support a colorblind society over a race-conscious one by a nearly 70-to-20 margin.”— The Coming Fight to Abolish DEI

“I have experience implementing such a policy as a trustee at New College of Florida, where we became the first institution in America to abolish the DEI department.”— The Coming Fight to Abolish DEI

“The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?”— The University of Michigan Doubled Down on D.E.I. What Went Wrong?

“The Supreme Court's rejection of affirmative action in college admissions last year also emboldened DEI opponents.”— Anti-DEI bills targeting colleges have surged since 2021

“The backlash is real... CEOs are literally putting the brakes on this DE&I work... many have been filed over these programs, more than 20 by Miller's America First Legal.”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“But they're less likely to use those initials... "You can kind of get your programs growing," without using the letters”— "The backlash is real": Behind DEI’s rise and fall

“Congressman Murphy’s push for the act comes just after the state of Alabama banned diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in public colleges and offices. According to NBC, state legislatures have also approved bans on DEI efforts in higher education and public offices in Florida, Texas, and Utah.”— Congressman Greg Murphy introduces ‘EDUCATE Act’ to ban DEI at medical schools

““There is no private settlement or agreement.””— Blum’s Group Drops DEI Lawsuit Against Morrison Foerster (2)

“The push appears to have prompted the Head of Recruitment and Selection - a Group Captain - to hand in her notice, unwilling to carry out such a demand, the defence sources said. ... After a few more unfriendly jibes, the RAF quietly deleted its own post.”— RAF 'pauses job offers for white men' to meet 'impossible' diversity targets

“their power, despite desperate rearguard actions, has eroded in the internet era ... Carl’s book has gotten significant respectful and positive attention, including his interview with Tucker Carlson being the second-most-viewed video since Carlson launched his network, and encouraging comment from Elon Musk.”— The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart (Jeremy Carl) - The Worthy House • Towards A Politics of Future Past

“Therefore, it shall be the policy of the United States not to promote race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating in the Federal workforce or in the Uniformed Services, and not to allow grant funds to be used for these purposes. In addition, Federal contractors will not be permitted to inculcate such views in their employees.”— Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping

“Today, America First Legal’s (AFL) Center for Legal Equality filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Salesforce, Inc., for engaging in unlawful race and sex based discrimination. AFL also sent a letter to Salesforce’s Board of Directors demanding that the Company’s management stop violating its fiduciary duty to shareholders.”— America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Salesforce for Race and Sex-Based Discrimination; Warns Management of Violations of Fiduciary Duties

“42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(2) prohibits employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying employees... because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.”— Salesforce Board Letter 10042023

“the litigant, a Republican candidate for California attorney general, had a hard time coming out with it.”— It’s Not ‘Identity Politics,’ It’s Anti-White Politics - ILANA MERCER

“#OscarsSoWhite was still relevant when it came to acting nominations for the 2020 Academy Awards. They included only one person of color: Cynthia Erivo for her portrayal as Harriet Tubman in Harriet, which arguably affirmed a long-standing trend for Black actors to be recognized at the Oscars only for playing enslaved characters or fulfilling racist tropes.”— What Is the Significance of the #OscarsSoWhite Hashtag? | Britannica

“In nearly all highly selective private and public colleges-the 85 that accept 25 percent or fewer applicants-Black enrollment declined or remained flat”— Diversity enrollment numbers drop at colleges after Supreme Court ruling

“In a letter sent to the university last month, Andrea R. Lucas, the acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Trump administration laid out its argument: I. . . believe that since at least 2018 and continuing thereafter, Harvard may have violated...”— Of Course Liberal Institutions Are Engaging In Illegal Hiring Practices On The Basis Of Race

“an attempt to repeal this amendment lost by 15 percentage points.”— Against Detached Entitlement In Liberal Intellectual Spaces

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