It
really
doesn’t
take
much
to
get
the
DEI
Police
up
in
arms.
Kendrick’s
halftime
show
got
slapped
with
the
DEI
label,
a
Black
pilot
with
locs
and
a
grill
talked
about
the
importance
of
caution
and
prayer
got
tone
policed
by
thousands
of
people
that
literally
aren’t
qualified
to
do
his
job,
and
the
legal
profession
isn’t
faring
any
better.
The
ABA’s
diversity
standards
have
been
under
attack
by
conservatives
for
a
while.
Now
they’re
so
mad
about
it
that
they’re
going
to
the
EEOC
about
it.
Reuters
has
coverage:
A
coalition
of
conservative
legal
groups
on
Monday
asked
the
U.S.
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Commission
to
investigate
several
of
the
American
Bar
Association’s
diversity
hiring
programs,
claiming
they
discriminate
by
giving
priority
to
minority
applicants
and
other
underrepresented
groups.
…
“It’s
hard
to
imagine
a
clearer
case
of
illegal
behavior
or
an
organization
that
should
more
clearly
know
better,”
said
American
Civil
Rights
Project
Executive
Director
Dan
Morenoff
in
a
prepared
statement.
Not
sure
why
Dan
didn’t
just
lead
with,
“Oh
no,
they’re
hiring
Blacks
and
women!
Will
someone
stop
this
insanity?!”
As
the
whitelash
against
DEI
continues,
expect
to
see
a
shuffling
of
definitions
and
incentives
meant
to
stop
every
position
of
authority
or
influence
from
looking
like
Orania.
And
as
sad
as
that
might
make
President
Musk
and
his
orange
VP,
sometimes
the
truth
hurts.
SFFA
v.
Harvard
may
mean
that
Bakke
is
no
longer
good
law,
but
the
fact
remains
that
there
are
cultural,
social,
and
economic
benefits
to
having
a
diverse
workforce
and
learning
environment.
The
ABA
has
already
made
a
(relatively)
strong
commitment
to
diversity
given
our
current
climate.
Will
the
ABA
go
full
Costco
and
double
down
on
their
commitments
once
lawsuits
drop
and
lawsuits
are
on
the
table?
Probably
not
—
lawsuits
are
scary.
Despite
that,
there
will
likely
be
some
attempt
to
try
and
bring
veterans,
women,
racial
and
religious
minorities,
folks
with
disabilities,
and
more
into
the
fold
despite
the
risk
that
doing
so
will
invite
proxy
lawsuits
whenever
the
demographics
don’t
look
like
the
Bluth
family.
Why?
Like
it
or
not,
globalization
is
real
and
over
time,
homogenized
silos
and
mono-cultures
won’t
be
able
to
compete.
Conservative
Groups
Call
On
EEOC
To
Investigate
ABA
Diversity
Programs
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Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
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