Newspaper Publisher Gannett Sued for Discrimination Against White Employees

American Greatness ^ | 25 Aug, 2023 | Eric Lendrum

[MtnClimber]

The largest newspaper publisher in the United States, Gannett Co Inc., was sued on Friday for discriminating against its White employees in the name of increasing diversity.

According to the Washington Free Beacon, the class action lawsuit was filed in a Virginia federal court by five former and current employees of Gannett, all of whom say that they were either fired or ignored for promotions in order to increase the number of women and non-White employees at the company.

These hiring decisions were made due to a policy first implemented in 2020, which Gannett said was designed to make its newsrooms reflect the ethnic makeup of the communities each newsroom covers by the year 2025. Gannett has also given executive bonuses and promotions to those who help meet the “diversity” goal.

“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’ lawsuit reads.

Gannett’s chief legal counsel, Polly Grunfeld Sack, defended the diversity policy and claimed that the company only wants to hire workers who are the most qualified.

“We will vigorously defend our practice of ensuring equal opportunities for all our valued employees against this meritless lawsuit,” said Sack in a statement.

Gannett’s policy is one of many corporate race-based and diversity policies that are now facing overwhelming legal scrutiny after the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year to strike down affirmative action, the policy by which colleges and universities across the country could make admissions decisions based solely on an applicant’s race.

The lawsuit against Gannett even referenced the Supreme Court, noting that the majority opinion stated that “eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.”

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling, such corporate diversity policies are now “lawsuits waiting to happen,” said Noah Peters, former solicitor of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

[MtnClimber]

[FlingWingFlyer]

True but it’s weird how many commercials we have now about women defecating. There are some flakey bass turds making commercials these days.

[sit-rep]

At the current rate, I expect white slavery will commence in less than 20 years time. Whites are throwing their own race under the bus at an alarming rate and this only leads to one place.

I'm glad I won't be here to see it!! Keep singing Kumbaya people!! May as well give them all your white daughters while you're at it!!

[wally_bert]

Disgusting.

[fwdude]

I was just thinking this morning of an earlier time. Were there any white people depicted on Fat Albert and Gang?

I don't mind, but wondered if the depiction of the characters on that should would be banned today. It was a Saturday favorite of mine and everyone I knew growing up.

[Vaduz]

“eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of
it.”

Rach card goes up in flames democrats reach for hoses.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Yep.

Years ago, I remember reading about a minority group who met with advertisers and wanted better representation in commercials and advertising as most of the ads were caucasian actors. (I am thinking 1980’s?)

The result was basically affirmative action - the ad companies agreed that minorities would be represented in their national percentage in commercials and ads.

Not no mo.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Back then, we didn’t see race.

[Lurker]

“We will vigorously defend our practice of ensuring equal opportunities for all our valued employees against this meritless lawsuit,” said Sack in a statement“

Equal opportunities for everyone except white people, anyway.

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[ConservativeInPA]

That’s been going on for years. A good 30 years ago good friend of mine was a graphics artist for USA Today. He has since passed. The stories he would tell were astonishing, everything from a black lesbian cabal suppressing the hard work of some actually good reporters. They had a thick file on Bill Clinton that never made it in print. So did every newspaper in Washington. At USA Today it was a very strong group of minorities aided by compliant white leftists. That is one of the consequences of affirmative action.

My friend couldn’t handle working there. He came back to Pennsylvania where he could hunt and fish. Unfortunately his talents were wasted at a series of local papers that had declining subscriberships.

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Back then, we didn’t see race.

Well, I think we saw race, but just acknowledged and laughed at the differences.

[T.B. Yoits]

Caucasians disappeared from television commercials as more and more of them became "cord cutters" or became "cord nevers".

The dinosaur media has been losing viewership for decades and it's only old people or minorities who might be watching.

[NWFree]

Systemic racism against WHITE people

Sue the pants off them and sue them some more