Missouri sues IBM over alleged diversity quotas
State Attorney General follows through on threat. Last summer, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, thirteen “red state” Attorneys General warned the nation’s Fortune 100 companies that they should stop “reverse” discriminating against individuals on the basis of race or face the consequences. In their letter, the state AGs stated, “Sadly, racial discrimination in employment and contracting is all too common among Fortune 100 companies and other large businesses. In an inversion of the odious discriminatory practices of the distant past, t oday’s major companies adopt explicitly race-based initiatives which are similarly illegal . These discriminatory practices include, among other things, explicit racial quotas and preferences in hiring, recruiting, retention, promotion, and advancement. . . . The warning letter c onclud...