Tirien Steinbach, the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Stanford Law School, has stepped down from her position following a controversy involving a sitting federal judge.
"Federal law has long prohibited treating employees differently because of their race," Cotton stated in the letters, reminding the firms of the Supreme Court's recent declaration that "eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it."
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.