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I wonder if and when the judiciary will strike this sort of action down, in both private and public sectors.
by DiggyJohnson 4y ago
I wonder if and when the judiciary will strike this sort of action down, in both private and public sectors.
- notart666 4y agoProbably never. Companies are free to hire whoever they please. While hiring discrimination exists to a degree you can't compare if one person is less qualified than another based on gender or race or even background.
- systemvoltage 4y agoIt’s coming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._President_and_Fellows_of_Harvard_College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v...
- onion2k 4y agoThis is a case brought by a group backed by Edward Blum, who has brought cases in front of the Supreme Court before and lost. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2013) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_(2016) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_v._University_of_Texas_...
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- colinmhayes 4y agoThis is effectively a charity program to give them good pr. I don't see what's wrong with Google acting on the insight that being able to say they hire diverse grad students makes them less likely to face political backlash.