Trump revokes Executive Order 11246, ending affirmative action for federal contractors. What does this mean for workplace diversity?
Read more: https://bit.ly/40oKhyM #AffirmativeAction #CivilRights #WorkplaceDiversity
Executive Order 11246 prohibited discriminatory practices in hiring & #employment in government contracting & asserted the government’s commitment to #AffirmativeAction.
#Trump’s #ExecutiveOrder says that his action “protects the civil rights of all Americans & expands individual opportunity.”
[I guess “Americans are now defined as white cis hetero men.]
Apple lehnt Vorschlag zur Abschaffung von DEI-Programmen ab
Die Geschäftsleitung von Apple hat sich entschieden gegen einen Vorschlag ausgesprochen, der darauf abzielt, die Diversity-,
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/apple-lehnt-vorschlag-zur-abschaffung-von-dei-programmen-ab/
#News #Tellerrand #AffirmativeAction #Apple #DEIProgramme #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #KulturDerZugehrigkeit #NationalCenterForPublicPolicyResearch #SupremeCourt #Unternehmenspolitik #Unternehmensstrategie
Meta und Amazon fahren Diversity-Programme vor Trumps Amtseinführung zurück
Die Social-Media-Plattform Meta und der E-Commerce-Gigant Amazon ziehen sich aus ihren bisherigen Diversity-, Equity- und Inclusion-P
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/meta-und-amazon-fahren-diversity-programme-vor-trumps-amtseinfuehrung-zurueck/
#News #Tellerrand #AffirmativeAction #Amazon #DEIProgramme #Diversity #DonaldTrump #Meta #PolitischeLandschaft #SozialeInklusion #SupremeCourt #Unternehmenspolitik
He really tried to revert back to punching down on kneegrows to regain his conservative support! But ppl are still on his α$s... and I love to see it.
#vivekramaswamy #politics #affirmativeaction #meritocracy
#Rust Crate https://docs.rs/ltptr is looking for maintainers
we are trying to move on from rust and we want to give away our crates. we believe in affirmative action so **this is only for folks who are trans, and/or Black women.**
write a blog post why someone might want lifetimes on raw pointers and you can have this crate. (want someone who understands what they will be maintaining, and is going to improve docs)
pleaseboost
#Rust Crate https://docs.rs/ltptr is looking for maintainers
we are trying to move on from rust and we want to give away our crates. we believe in affirmative action so **this is only for folks who are trans, and/or Black women.**
we seek a maintainer who has a passion for deeply exploring the features the language offers. someone who knows or wants to know why you'd put lifetimes on raw pointers. talk to us!
found via Reuters:
"US judge upholds Naval Academy's race-conscious admissions policies"
By Nate Raymond
December 6, 20248:27 AM PST
Updated an hour ago
@richard I imagine some would consider this a feature, not a bug...
Impact of banning race-based admissions remains unclear as more students choose not to disclose their race on college applications #affirmativeaction https://theconversation.com/campus-diversity-is-becoming-difficult-to-measure-as-students-keep-their-race-and-ethnicity-hidden-on-college-applications-240629
@academicchatter #academicchatter #AffirmativeAction #HigherEd @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon
ICYMI: ‘They Are Trying to Take Us Back to White Supremacy’ – Jasmine Crockett Explains Trump and GOP Rhetoric https://shinemycrown.com/they-are-trying-to-take-us-back-to-white-supremacy-jasmine-crockett-explains-trump-and-gop-rhetoric/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #973049AmericanPolitics #AffirmativeAction
‘They Are Trying to Take Us Back to White Supremacy’ – Jasmine Crockett Explains Trump and GOP Rhetoric https://shinemycrown.com/they-are-trying-to-take-us-back-to-white-supremacy-jasmine-crockett-explains-trump-and-gop-rhetoric/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #973049AmericanPolitics #AffirmativeAction
BEE or Black Economic Empowerment is a form of affirmative action, it’s a policy of the South African government which aims to facilitate broader participation in the economy by black people intended especially to redress the inequalities created by apartheid. #apartheid #affirmativeAction #BEE #BlackEconomicEmpowerment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Economic_Empowerment
Eliminating #affirmativeaction for rich kids is the kind of small but significant policy change that chips away at systemic #racism. More of this, please.
California bans universities from admitting students based on ‘legacy’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/30/california-bans-legacy-students-admissions-universities?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
The proposals include eliminating the Dept of #Education, weakening tenure protections for #career #CivilServants & conducting large-scale #immigration #raids. Many of the proposals overlap w/policies officially supported by the #Trump campaign, including ending #AffirmativeAction, repealing temporary protections [#TPS] for some #immigrants & undoing the #Biden admin’s #environmental regulations.
#authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #kleptocracy #dictatorship
Diversity w.i. MIT's enrollment plummets
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/22/nx-s1-5086410/the-diversity-within-mits-enrollment-has-plummeted
* Black, Hispanic, Native American, Pacific Islander students
* tied to 2023 U.S. Supreme Court banning affirmative action
Racial Bias Trends in U.S. Legal Opinions
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110679461861478833
U.S. Supreme Court delivers setback to affirmative action in college admissions
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110679487133838372
Federalist Society Wins 40-year War on Affirmative Action
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110680050501284298
Here's one report about Mindy Kaling's brother running a scam on the system to take advantage of #affirmativeaction meant for Black American descendants of slαv∈ry. #politics #IndianAmerican #immigration
#MichelleObama: Yes, We Have #AffirmativeAction for the #Wealthy
There are #unearned #advantages available only to the #few—but #Republicans won’t talk about that.
— Protecting it is the very basis of their existence. It is called #WhiteSupremacy