You Can’t Fire Only the White Guys

If you are over 60 you’ve likely witnessed age discrimination as companies push the old farts into retirement, but today’s illegal discrimination du jour is focusing on canning whites to push a woke DEI agenda.

As a recent WSJ op ed noted: “Illegal discrimination is still illegal discrimination even if a corporate HR department wraps it in the language of equity & inclusion. As a reminder of this legal reality, the C-Suite might want to review a recent opinion by a federal appeals court, upholding a jury verdict for a hospital executive who says he was fired merely for being a white male amid a workforce diversity push.”

The case involved a senior VP at Novant Health, a multibillion-dollar medical group based in North Carolina. The tell-tale discrimination signs were positive performance reviews before the VP’s firing, while his duties were given to two women, one black & one white. And, when a permanent replacement was hired, all three finalists were black women. The appellate court also saw this discrimination in the black & white landscape that was on display at the jury trial: “There was more than sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to determine that [VP’s] race, sex, or both motivated Novant Health’s decision to firm him.” Concluded the WSJ, discriminating employers beware.

Davd Soul