humiliating it is to hear our national security leaders saying we are relying on the taliban and. the problem is these leaders are more focused on reengineering the military to be a woke organization dedicated to diversity quotas and climate change and teaching critical race theory as opposed to doing what the military and the national security apparatus should be focused on and that is a successful drawdown from afghanistan and winning mores and clearly this administration has forgotten the basic mission of national security. laura: we need major reform of the us military. most of the top brass have to be fired, you called for the resignation on national security side, there has to be accountability number one. thank you. now why is the us so gung ho on
Coca-Cola Puts the Brakes on Diversity Plan After Top Lawyer Resigns
4 May 2021
Coca-Cola has put the brakes on its controversial diversity plan, which included penalizing outside law firms if they did not meet racial diversity quotas, because of intense backlash.
The pause on the diversity plan comes after the plan’s architect, Coca-Cola’s former general counsel Bradley Gayton, abruptly resigned last month after serving less than a year on the job and faced mounting criticism of the quota system.
Some questioned if Gayton’s policies violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which says employers cannot discriminate against people on the basis of race.
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I), a taxpayer seeks an injunction against the Secretary s allegedly unlawful expenditure of public funds to enforce the gender quota as an allegedly invalid classification in violation of the Equal Protection clause of the California Constitution.[12]
In June 2020, the superior court overruled the Secretary s demurrer and upheld the taxpayer plaintiff s statutory standing to challenge an allegedly illegal use of public funds.[13] The case is headed for trial in late 2021. The same plaintiff and law firm filed a nearly identical action,
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II, on the heels of the 2020 diversity mandate legislation.[14]
In both cases, the lead issue for trial will be whether the quota-like board mandates violate the California Constitution, which provides: The State shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or pub