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Harmeet Dhillon, the attorney nominated to lead the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, said in her confirmation hearing on Wednesday that corporations that use diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) racial quotas could be prosecuted under federal civil rights law.
In an exchange with Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., Dhillon was asked about a 2023 initiative from retail corporation Target to hire 20 percent more black employees, in what Schmitt said was an “overt racial quota system” prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
“Senator, if the facts are as you just described them, I believe that practice is illegal and unconstitutional,” Dhillon said. As head of the Civil Rights Division, Dhillon would be charged with enforcing federal civil rights law and bringing prosecutions against public and private entities that violate it.
In an earlier exchange with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, regarding racial quotas and DEI, Dhillon added, “Title VII’s language is clear that racial discrimination is inappropriate in hiring, and so that is certainly a priority that I would undertake and one that I’ve undertaken in private practice as well.”
Dhillon added that “the president and Attorney General Bondi have made clear that diversity, equity, and inclusion, as it has been applied to use racial quotas to deny people equal access to education, employment, even potentially housing, and other aspects of civil life that are covered by the civil rights statutes are inappropriate, and so we’ll certainly be taking a close look at all of those and enforcing the law equally in favor of all Americans.”
More at: https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/2...ld-be-prosecuted-for-civil-rights-violations/
In an exchange with Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., Dhillon was asked about a 2023 initiative from retail corporation Target to hire 20 percent more black employees, in what Schmitt said was an “overt racial quota system” prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
“Senator, if the facts are as you just described them, I believe that practice is illegal and unconstitutional,” Dhillon said. As head of the Civil Rights Division, Dhillon would be charged with enforcing federal civil rights law and bringing prosecutions against public and private entities that violate it.
In an earlier exchange with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, regarding racial quotas and DEI, Dhillon added, “Title VII’s language is clear that racial discrimination is inappropriate in hiring, and so that is certainly a priority that I would undertake and one that I’ve undertaken in private practice as well.”
Dhillon added that “the president and Attorney General Bondi have made clear that diversity, equity, and inclusion, as it has been applied to use racial quotas to deny people equal access to education, employment, even potentially housing, and other aspects of civil life that are covered by the civil rights statutes are inappropriate, and so we’ll certainly be taking a close look at all of those and enforcing the law equally in favor of all Americans.”
More at: https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/2...ld-be-prosecuted-for-civil-rights-violations/
