Dozens of civil rights complaints threaten DEI programs and hiring practices across the country

Legal groups and individuals have shaken the foundation of diversity, equity, and inclusion hiring practices across the country with dozens of lawsuits and civil rights complaints. Sometimes, hiring based on race or gender is used as an incentive program to reward hiring managers who meet quotas.

Such is allegedly the case with IBM, whose executives have been exposed for incentivizing the hiring of "underrepresented" minorities and genders. Doing so "leads to a plus on your bonus," said IBM CEO Arvind Krishna.

IBM was subsequently hit with a federal civil rights complaint over race-based hiring practices. Leading the charge was former President Trump adviser Stephen Miller, who runs America First Legal.

"We’ve filed over two dozen federal civil rights complaints against major American corporations for apparent illegal racial discrimination," the group wrote on X.

The legal group also filed a civil rights complaint against department store Macy's for alleged racist hiring practices. The complaint pointed to a 2019 press release, Newsmax reported, in which Macy's stated it wanted to "achieve more ethnic diversity" and strengthen leadership skills for "a selected group of top-talent managers and directors of Black/African American, Hispanic-Latinx, Native American and Asian descent."

Miller's group also went after McDonald's in April 2023, stating that the fast food brand "publicly admits to intentionally violating" discrimination laws.

A growing body of evidence has shown success in lawsuits regarding discrimination in the name of diversity. A Starbucks manager in New Jersey was victorious in a lawsuit alleging that she was fired for being white.

The coffee giant was ordered to pay $25.6 million for violating federal civil rights and racial discrimination laws.

As well, a North Carolina hospital executive was awarded $10 million after he claimed he was fired despite strong performance reviews and replaced by two women.

USA Today pointed to several other lawsuits — including one against its own parent company — that attack DEI programs at major corporations.

Media conglomerate Gannett is reportedly facing a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of discriminating against white people in an effort to push diversity in its newsrooms. The company reportedly called the lawsuit "meritless."

Investment bank Morgan Stanley was sued by a white manager who said he was fired to make way for a less experienced black woman.

Meanwhile, AT&T is also reportedly being sued by a former assistant vice president who said he was laid off after being told he could not advance in his career as a "58-year-old white guy." AT&T reportedly denied the allegations.

Harvard's affirmative action case is of course another example of DEI battles that have been won, this at the hands of former stockbroker Edward Blum.

Blum is also fighting a grant program by an Atlanta venture capital firm that is designed specifically for black women.

As for public opinion, a 2023 Gallup poll showed that 56% of workers agreed that DEI programs were "a good thing," with 78% of Democrats supporting the idea, as opposed to just 30% of Republicans.

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