Senator Cotton's argument is that Target's race-based initiatives, which purportedly aim to increase diversity and inclusion, may actually contravene federal civil rights laws by actively discriminating based on race.
A recent Gallup poll reveals a decline in intended DEI investment, with 59% of 140 large companies planning to increase their DEI budgets in the next year, a significant drop from 84% in 2022.
A University of Cincinnati adjunct instructor Melanie Nipper has been instructed to undergo free-speech training after she gave one of her students a zero for referring to "biological women" in a project proposal.
University of California, Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky was caught on footage reportedly claiming that he secretly discriminates when hiring faculty in the name of diversity.
The allegations suggest that the line of questioning was particularly severe for female candidates, with some reporting they were asked about their preference for pornography, the presence of explicit pictures on their phones, extramarital affairs, and whether they had ever "danced for dollars."