... Now with the stroke of a pen, the @USDOL has decided that one way to overcome this crisis is to suspend fairness rules on these projects. This is a further expression of the racism evidenced by the Trump Administration...
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Today, I learned that the Department of Labor is suspending its affirmative action guidelines. For decades we have fought to ensure that minority and women owned businesses were given the opportunity to work on federal, state, and local projects...
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...On the day the Senate passed the largest economic stimulus package in American history, the Administration has decided now is the time to cut out women and minority owned businesses. https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/National-Interest-Exemption-Memo-Coronavirus-Relief-Efforts.pdf …
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The letter states the
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This is a part of Jim Crow 2.0
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And with this SCOTUS we can expect a new “ Plessy v Ferguson “ coming soon.
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What is the reasoning given behind this?
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*reads the document* None.
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Sadly, it is kind of America's thing to exclude non-whites from government benefits in general. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1631492853/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr= …pic.twitter.com/5w9zT4dzAu
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Just read that last month, it was very eye opening (and very sad/angering).
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