Tag Archives: diversity

NBC News reports: Utah’s legislature became the latest in the U.S. to pass a bill Friday prohibiting diversity training, hiring and inclusion programs at universities and in state government. The bill that cleared the state House and Senate by wide margins now heads to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican who has said he is likely to sign such a …

Reuters reports: The Biden administration on Monday issued new guidance to colleges and universities on how they could still legally encourage racial diversity on their campuses even after the U.S. Supreme Court ended affirmative action in college admissions. The guidance, from the Education and Justice departments, came after the conservative-majority Supreme Court in June ruled that colleges cannot legally consider …

The Associated Press reports: The measure, which won final legislative approval Tuesday, bans state agencies from using “environmental, social and governance” standards to screen potential investments, award contracts or hire and fire employees. It also says the state cannot weigh how a company promotes sustainability, engages with its community or structures its leadership to support those goals. Sen. Dave Craven, …

“When you attack people for qualities they can’t control, over time, you will make them radical. That is guaranteed. You’ve got to wonder, if it’s ever occurred to the morons pushing this ‘equity’ garbage that everyone on earth has an identity. If you make identity politics mandatory — and they have — how long until you get white identity politics? …

“This is an outrage!” – Wingnut sites, probably. CNET reports: A Connecticut student gets to share her vision of the future with the world, with a little help from Google. Sarah Harrison, a 10th grader from Bunnell High School in Connecticut, won the annual Doodle 4 Google competition with her drawing showing peace and diversity among people from all walks …

“In New York City schools, kids are learning Rs: reading, writing, and Ramadan. Thanks to the far-Left priorities of Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), city schools have added two Muslim holidays to the school calendar — a concession that took even Big Apple parents by surprise. While the largest religion in the country fights to even be recognized, ‘NYC schools …

This is getting passed around on Facebook this week, but I haven’t found its original source.

Posted to Google’s diversity page: Legalise Love: LGBT Rights Are Human Rights Though our business and employees are located in offices around the world, our policies on non-discrimination are universal throughout Google. We are proud to be recognised as a leader in LGBT inclusion efforts—but there’s still a long way to go. At Google, we encourage people to bring their …

(Via – Zack Ford)

Minority groups are “working overtime” to ensure their inclusion in Barack Obama’s government. So far about half of Obama’s selected candidates for Cabinet positions have been non-white. Via the San Francisco Chronicle: Of the 22 Cabinet-level positions Obama is expected to have, 15 candidates have been named so far. Of those, seven are white men, four are women, three are …