“There’s also the perception that the DEI push may have corrupted the intended goal of implementing fair hiring practices. Since 2022, America First Legal Foundation, a conservative group… has brought federal complaints against major companies, including Starbucks, Morgan Stanley and BlackRock, arguing that corporate diversity and hiring practices run afoul of civil rights laws. Last year, it targeted allegedly discriminatory hiring quotas at Disney, specifically a provision requiring that at least half of producer and writing staff come from underrepresented group. The group reps Brian Beneker, a script coordinator for SEAL Team, in a lawsuit against CBS Studios and its parent Paramount over alleged discrimination against straight white men. He alleged that he was repeatedly denied a staff writer job after the implementation of an “illegal policy of race and sex balancing” that promoted the hiring of “less qualified applicants who were members of more preferred groups,” namely those who identify as minorities, LGBTQ or women.”
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