EDIT: I’ve got enough of the recorded meeting in a video, and I have screenshots of the comments from the senior engineer, which is actually the most important part. I will likely be chatting with an attorney today.
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In the meeting, the head of HR (a White female) said, “We get a lot of applicants for our jobs, and they all look the same - you know what I mean. ... As of now we will be pausing the hiring of non POC until we find applicants who fit the racial mix we want in the company.”
Now here’s the crucial part. A leading engineer posed a question through the meeting chat. He asked for clarification on this since it’s difficult to find qualified candidates. The HR gal verbally responded that yes they’d delay hiring Whites In favor of POCs.
And the engineer then asked for further clarification stating that this means we’re effectively not hiring White people since a company has a short window within which to hire a good candidates (meaning they’ll get snapped up by another firm).
HR gal did not respond to this as I think it treads on illegality.
Can anyone confirm this? Also, what can I do about this? As I said the meeting was recorded.
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[–] Morbo 0 points 29 points 29 points (+29|-0) ago
Not a lawyer, but this sounds like a clear violation of the EEOE Act which was designed to protect most US employees from employment discrimination based upon that employee's (or applicant's) race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The EEOE does not make any exceptions for 'White' people either as preferred or non-preferred nor does it elevate any other race. Your HR department is operating outside established employment law. Sadly it will take litigation to prove their willful shirking of the law, but this one should be pretty clear cut unless the case is brought before an activist judge who would rule against the spirit of the law to help non-whites.