Posted on 10/01/2023 5:49:57 PM PDT by simpson96
NEW YORK (AP) — A grant program for businesses run by Black women was temporarily blocked by a federal appeals court in a case epitomizing the escalating battle over corporate diversity policies.
The 2-1 decision by the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily prevents the Fearless Fund from running the Strivers Grant Contest, which awards $20,000 to businesses that are at least 51% owned by Black women, among other requirements.
In a statement Sunday, the Atlanta-based Fearless Fund said it would comply with the order but remained confident of ultimately prevailing in the lawsuit. The case was brought by the American Alliance for Equal Rights, a group run by conservative activist Edward Blum, who argues that the fund violates a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which prohibits racial discrimination in contracts. “We strongly disagree with the decision and remain resolute in our mission and commitment to address the unacceptable disparities that exist for Black women and other women of color in the venture capital space,” the Fearless Fund said.
The order, issued Saturday, reversed a ruling Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Thrash which denied the American Alliance’s request to halt the program. The majority on the three-judge panel wrote that the Fearless Fund’s program’s is “racially exclusionary” and that Blum’s group is likely to prevail.
“The members of the American Alliance for Equal Rights are gratified that the 11th Circuit has recognized the likelihood that the Fearless Strivers Grant Contest is illegal,” Blum said in a statement. “We look forward to the final resolution of this lawsuit.”
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To qualify for the program, one must be able to pronounce ‘entrepreneur’ properly.
Racist and sexist
Isn’t this group already obtaining a disproportional share of aid to dependent children money?
What about a black man who self-identifies as a black woman?
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I believe so, yes.
If you can figure out how to spell it first.
better call Fanni shez’ ll be right on it / like white on rice
No you di’int!...
Back to 3rd grade 🤡
Who would DO that?
Sheeeiit
Yup! Try getting one of these, if you an aging 100% white cracker man, in this great country.
Remember Martin Luther King: “It’s not the color of your skin but the content of your character ...”, and I’ll add “your skills”.
Well since Newsom declared he will appoint a black women to fill Feinsteins seat, Schiff would.
Giant Black Women Outraged!
This is some racist crap. What make black women more deserving than white women? Or brown women? Or yellow or red women?
I wonder what Meatball thinks about this travesty.
Good. Black women are the most racist people in America.
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