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The Marxist Roots of DEI - Session 1: Equity | James Lindsay

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Kendi's 'All Inequity Is Proof of Discrimination'

The Supreme Court's decision in the case of Gaston County versus United States 1969 opened the door to disparate impacts being recognized as proof of discrimination. The ruling should be really a lot more narrow which is that the assessment must be relevant to job performance or else it's probably going to be discriminatory if it has discriminatory outcomes. Congress did not intend by the title seven however by title seven to guarantee a job to every person regardless of qualifications and short the act is not commanded any person be hired simply because he was formerly the subject of discrimination or because he's a member of a minority groupdiscrimination preference for any group minority or majority is precisely and only what Congress has prescribed.

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