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 SUED HHS, CMS, and HRSA to expose an ILLEGAL Biden-era plan to give out organ transplants based on RACE and ETHNICITY — not medical need.
DEI in healthcare is DEADLY.
/2 In December 2021, Biden’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sought public comments on how to “Advance Equity and Reduce Disparities in Organ Transplantation.”
/3 In January 2022, Biden’s Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) announced new reporting requirements for tracking the race and ethnicity of transplant candidates and recipients.
“A federal civil rights complaint has been filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the Los Angeles Dodgers… for allegedly engaging in ‘unlawful discrimination.’
“The complaint was filed by America First Legal, the nonprofit conservative public interest organization, against both entities, which are led by Mark Walter, the majority owner of the Dodgers and CEO of Guggenheim Partners.”
“‘Their employment practices, as described below, appear to discriminate against employees, or prospective employees, solely because of their skin color or sex. This is patently unlawful,’ AFL’s complaint, which was provided to Fox News Digital, began.”
/1🚨VICTORY — AFL secured a SIX-FIGURE SETTLEMENT from Montgomery County Public Schools after a court found its “Staff Pride” group likely violated the First Amendment by blocking our client on X for criticizing it for stripping parents’ rights to opt kids out of LGBT curriculum.
/2 In November 2023, AFL sued MCPS on behalf of @bethanyshondark and @MatthewFoldi after MCPS employees used a government-run social media account to silence critics of their far-left agenda.
@bethanyshondark @MatthewFoldi /3 In denying MCPS’s motion to dismiss, the court said, “Mandel was iced out while others who shared the Pride Members’ views and supported the MCPS policies were not similarly restricted.”
/1🚨BREAKING — AFL just SUED IBM for illegal DEI-driven discrimination.
IBM leadership on a team call:
“Look at all the black and brown faces on this call.”
“If he keeps it up, he can expect a long career at IBM and lots of bonuses.”
/2 With JW Howard Attnys, AFL filed a lawsuit on behalf of John Loeffler, a high-performing technical seller for IBM’s Cloud Platform who spent nearly a decade delivering results.
IBM targeted him for termination because he didn’t check its DEI boxes:
❌ Older
❌ White
❌ Male
/3 AFL’s lawsuit alleges IBM engaged in illegal race, sex, and age discrimination by terminating Loeffler after placing him on a pretextual Performance Improvement Plan — all to deliver on its DEI agenda.
/1🚨BREAKING — AFL filed a federal civil rights complaint against Colorado State University with the Department of Education for ILLEGAL DEI policies violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and President Trump’s Executive Order, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit.”
/2 CSU President Amy Parsons sent a campus-wide letter claiming the university complies with federal law — despite clear evidence to the contrary.
Rather than ending its unlawful DEI programs, CSU simply renamed them to create the illusion of compliance.
/3 CSU’s “Office of Inclusive Excellence” overhauled its website to hide illegal DEI policies — but scrubbing the language doesn’t change the reality.
These policies are still enforced across campus, and CSU continues to violate federal law.
/1🚨BREAKING: AFL SUES MARICOPA COUNTY TO STOP ILLEGAL ELECTION POWER GRAB🚨
Maricopa County is trying to unlawfully seize control of election operations in Arizona.
AFL just filed a lawsuit to stop this illegal election interference.
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/2 AFL filed the lawsuit against the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on behalf of Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap.
The board is attempting to unlawfully seize control of election operations by refusing to give Recorder Heap the resources he needs to fulfill his statutory duty to administer elections.
/3 Arizona law requires the board to fully fund the recorder’s necessary expenses.
Despite this, the board recently passed a budget that permanently transfers the recorder’s key statutory duties to itself and underfunds the recorder’s office.