Friday, July 11, 2025

Legalizing racism

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is pretty unambiguous


Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.


Apparently the Minnesota Dept of Human Services didn't get that memo

 

According to DHS documents, the agency is updating its “Hiring Justification” policy which requires DHS to justify whenever it hires a “non-underrepresented candidate” for a job where “underrepresentation” is said to exist.

Alpha News first reported this week on a DHS memo which describes how the agency’s policy on this matter will be updated in August. The memo details how DHS will handle so-called “hiring justifications.”

“Hiring supervisors must provide a hiring justification when seeking to hire a non-underrepresented candidate when hiring for a vacancy in a job category with underrepresentation,” the memo says. “Hiring justifications must be submitted to and approved by DHS Equal Opportunity and Access Division (EOAD) prior to an offer of employment being made.”

According to the memo, “underrepresented” means the representation of “one or more protected groups” is below the group’s availability. The memo defines “protected group(s)” as “females, persons with disabilities, and members of the following minorities: Black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaskan native.”

The memo also includes a reminder about failure to comply with state policies: “Employees may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination, for failure to comply with policies.”


I fully recognize that "underrepresented" groups were regularly denied opportunities, even after the Civil Rights Act was passed. No question there were gross injustices. But I fail to see how using those same tactics today against whitey can be rationally viewed as "equal." I'd also venture to say that a good number of folks who benefit from such discrimination (yes, these hiring practices are discriminatory) may not be all that thrilled they didn't necessarily receive their job on merit (at least I hope that sort of pride still exists). 


Now that this has received nationwide attention, it's a pretty safe be there will be lawyers....like the Asst. Attorney General of the United States. 





Yet another area where my home state continues to make national headlines for all the wrong reasons. 


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