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#Race

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#CivilRights advocates & the plaintiffs argue the #law is meant to level the playing field, counter #discrimination & boost opportunity for people who have historically experienced discrimination. Work promoting #diversity, #equity & #inclusion furthers the law’s intent.

But under #Trump’s interpretation, these efforts are seen as #unlawful discrimination themselves because they consider #race. It relies in part on the 2023 #SCOTUS decision outlawing race consideration in college admissions.

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The guidance from the #Trump #Education Department’s Office for #CivilRights was sent as a “Dear Colleague” letter to school officials throughout the country Feb. 14. It threatened to deny federal #funding to any #school or #college that considers #race in hiring, #discipline policy, #scholarships, prizes or any other aspect of campus life. It gave schools a 2-week deadline to comply, setting off confusion & panic on campuses nationwide.

Apple shareholders to consider scrapping diversity programs on Tuesday

apnews.com/article/apple-dei-s

The proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research — a self-described conservative think tank — urges Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have retreated from diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives currently in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump.

An Apple logo adorns the facade of the downtown Brooklyn Apple store on March 14, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
AP News · Apple shareholders reject proposal to scrap company's diversity programsBy Michael Liedtke
#APPLE#TRUMP#DEI

I post about race cos I find it genuinely intriguing.

Growing up in Nigeria I wasn't Black. It's not that we were blind to skintone, it's just that we used different descriptors. I was "fair" or "yellow". (And you would've been called "red".)

Being yellow didn't come with any particular personality traits.

But when I landed at Heathrow, I became Black. My dick grew inches, and I somehow had ... rhythm? And suddenly no one would sit next to me on the tube.