cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/3116914
From the Atlanta Daily World:
Photo: Getty Images A GOP lawmaker is facing backlash after referring to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as a “DEI hire.” On Tuesday (July 2), Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert ® suggested that Jean-Pierre was only hired to fill a diversity quota. “I couldn’t care less about what @PressSec has to say today,” Boebert tweeted. … Continued
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…ignoring the fact that for over a century, whiteness has been the easiest way to get a job when there’s an equally qualified black person.
That is even true now.
https://nationalfund.org/racial-bias-in-hiring-practices-widens-the-black-white-wealth-disparity/
Indeed, that’s often true too.