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Missouri's Attorney General, Andrew Bailey, has filed a lawsuit against the huge technology company, International Business Machines (IBM). He claims that IBM is unfair in how they hire people, preferring certain groups over white, Asian, and male applicants. Bailey says that IBM even forces workers to follow these rules by linking their pay to how well they meet diversity goals.
[H/T The Daily Wire]
Bailey told conservative outlet The Daily Wire that he wants this lawsuit to stop what he calls "corporate racism" at IBM. He says that the company's "diversity modifier" system unfairly connects executive pay to meeting targets that are biased against white, Asian, and male applicants.
“But if he or she fails to meet it, IBM swings the stick: they lose part of their bonus and, eventually, their job,” the lawsuit says.
“We will not tolerate racist employment policies in the state of Missouri. That’s the plain text of the Missouri Human Rights Act,” Bailey explained.
“It has come to my attention that IBM has adopted an unlawful policy that blatantly favors applicants of a certain gender or skin color over others, and that managers within the company who refuse to comply with said policy face adverse action, including and up to, termination,” Bailey said.
In a secret video posted by journalist James O'Keefe, IBM’s CEO, Arvind Krishna, reportedly admitted that the company was hiring based on race. In the video, Krishna said that he expected all executives in the company to increase the number of underrepresented minorities by 1%.
“You got to move both forward by a percentage that leads to a plus on your bonus,” Krishna said about hiring… pic.twitter.com/UUK26HX8IP
Krishna warned that people who didn't hire more employees from different races would lose part of their bonuses.
Paul Cormier, who used to be the CEO of Red Hat, a part of IBM, talked about the company's DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion--or--Didn't Even Interview) policies. Cormier said that some leaders didn't meet the company's standards and were held accountable, so they no longer worked for the company.
“We’re going to hold, we are continuing to hold, and going to hold even more of our executives accountable for all of this and they will have metrics around this,” Cormier added.
Bailey’s lawsuit said tying a “quota system to bonus compensations” is “a cudgel against those who do not fall in line.”
The Attorney General said that IBM's "discriminatory practices" were not just because of a few mid-level managers. Instead, he explained that these practices were a deliberate decision by the most powerful people at the company. He stated, "At IBM, there's a culture of racism from the top leaders downward. We're not just talking about some mid-level manager, but about the CEO of the entire company, who threatened his top executives with punishment if they didn't follow his racist policies."
“Missourians deserve answers as to why one of the largest technology and consulting companies in the world, with offices based in Missouri, is discriminating against both prospective and current employees,” he added.
The news outlet had previously revealed that IBM was discriminating against white people, Asian people, and men. They offered an internship that was only available to people from certain backgrounds. This opportunity, which was for “underrepresented minorities,” stated that applicants should be “African American, Hispanic, or Indigenous.”
Another IBM internship, called the “Internship for Undergraduate Women,” stipulated that “applicants must be female, including all students who present or identify as women and/or trans women.”
David Bernstein, a professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia School of Law, said that these internship programs “clearly violate Title VII,” which bars race and sex-based employment preferences.
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