The newspaper publisher Gannett launched an initiative to diversity its staffers and news coverage following the George Floyd protests in 2020.
Five white former employees now claim the company discriminated against them.
The lawsuit also alleges that bonuses and promotions were connected to the company’s diversity initiative.
According to Newsmax, “Plaintiff Steven Bradley says he was fired from a management job at the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper in Rochester, N.Y., and later did not get another job with Gannett because he is white.”
“Gannett executed their reverse race discrimination policy with a callous indifference towards civil rights laws or the welfare of the workers, and prospective workers, whose lives would be upended by it,” the plaintiffs said in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit follows an increase in corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.
Reporting from The Gateway Pundit:
The action against Gannett is the first DEI-related lawsuit to be brought directly against a company by employees. Prior cases have been largely backed by conservative organizations.
