Hello there, @mcuban. It appears as though some remedial education is in order. Please follow this 🧵 for a primer on the law.
- Federal law--the Civil Rights Act of 1964, in fact--prohibits discrimination on the basis of race and sex. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1).
/2 As the plain text of the statute says, you cannot "discriminate against any individual . . . because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."
"Discriminate" means treating an individual worse than others who are similarly situated. See Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644, 657 (2020).
/3 "Pay equity," as Microsoft describes it, is illegal. "Equity" is not "equality." Microsoft apparently explicitly considers an employee's race or sex as a factor when setting his or her compensation. Meaning, it "discriminates against" that employee if they are white or male.
/4 So when a company like Microsoft then goes on to brag that all racial and ethnic minority groups earn $1.007 total pay for every $1.000 earned by white employees, that's an explicit sign of illegal consideration of race in employee compensation. You cannot pay someone less because of their skin color.
/4 Same for sex. Microsoft brags that it pays women $1.007 total pay for every $1.000 earned by men.
You cannot discriminate against someone because of their sex.
/5 Your straw man argument doesn't work.
No one has said, "it is inconceivable that various minorities and women could be hired and promoted . . . exclusively based on merit."
They certainly can and are. That's fabulous. It's 2024.
/6 But people have rightfully called out policies that EXPLICITLY consider race and sex as factors in employment decisions. And they should, because that's ILLEGAL.
/7 You simply cannot discriminate on the basis of race or sex. It's black-letter law. All Americans deserve equal treatment under the law regardless of race or sex.
There's even a Constitutional Amendment on point.
/8 As lawyers, we'd encourage you to comply with your legal obligations and NOT discriminate against Americans based on race or sex in your employment decisions.
As Chief Justice Robert said nearly two decades ago, "[t]he way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."
/9 But if you continue to embrace "equity" (aka discrimination) as much as it seems, please at least do us all the favor of being consistent with it in all areas of your life.
Make a wish come true for @WuWei113 and embrace "equity" for the players on the @dallasmavs
--❤️AFL
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/1🚨BREAKING — AFL just moved to intervene in a major lawsuit to overturn an unlawful, decades-old, and race-based consent decree — and restore merit-based hiring in the federal government.
/2 For 44 years, a race-based consent decree has prohibited the federal government from using a standardized, merit-based exam to hire civil servants.
This is unconstitutional — and it must be overturned.
/3 In 1981, during the final days of the Carter Administration, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) entered into the Luevano consent decree, ending the use of a standardized written aptitude test in federal hiring.
Since then, OPM has failed to identify any test that satisfies the decree’s race-based requirements.
🔥 Unelected judges with apparent political agendas are blocking President Trump’s policies with “nationwide injunctions.”
These activist judges are abusing the judicial power and usurping the will of the people to sabotage the President’s America First mandate.
Here’s how 🧵
President Trump faced over 64 injunctions in his first term — more than any president in history.
Now, it’s happening again.
This isn’t a normal judicial process — it’s a full-scale judicial power grab to thwart the results of a valid election.
Less than 4 months into the second Trump Administration, the judiciary has already issued over 200 orders to halt the President’s agenda — including nearly 40 nationwide injunctions.
/3 Judge McConnell is presiding over New York v. Trump, a lawsuit brought by 21 states and D.C. challenging President Trump’s temporary freeze on federal funding.
In February, he ordered taxpayer money to continue flowing to the states, including to Crossroads Rhode Island, where he served as a board member and board chairman over a span of nearly 20 years.
/1🚨BREAKING — AFL has filed a formal complaint urging the U.S. Department of Education to investigate Upper Arlington School District in Ohio for willfully implementing illegal DEI policies.
/2 In June 2020, the Upper Arlington Schools Board of Education implemented numerous unlawful DEI initiatives, including:
➡️ Establishing a “Chief Talent Officer” to “foster workforce diversity”
➡️ Forming an “Equity Advisory Board” to provide “insight and feedback on the recruitment of a diverse staff”
➡️ Creating a “Chief Excellence and Engagement Officer” position to “spearhead DEI efforts”
/3 In July 2023, Upper Arlington Schools Superintendent Dr. Robert Hunt launched “UAdventure,” a DEI program calling for a “clear vision for DEI initiatives [and] advocacy for LGBTQIA+ students” — containing facially illegal programs and practices.
“A pro-Trump legal group founded by White House aide Stephen Miller is suing Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts…
The lawsuit was filed by America First Legal.”
“The complaint accuses both the U.S. Judicial Conference and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts of performing certain regulatory actions that go beyond the scope of resolving cases or controversies, or administratively supporting those actions, which they argue are the ‘core functions’ of the judiciary.”
“It also argues that records held by the Roberts-led U.S. Judicial Conference should therefore be subject to the Freedom of Information Act requests, or FOIA requests, as a result.”