America First Legal (AFL), the conservative public interest law firm founded in 2021 by current White House official Stephen Miller, has filed a federal civil rights complaint against Penguin Random House with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission demanding “an investigation into apparent race- and sex-based discrimination in its hiring, promotion, and workforce development practices.”
Can’t companies hire whoever they want?
One would think so. I did believe, however, that in 1980 I was a quota hire at the insurance company where I started my career. I stormed into my manager’s office filled with indignation only for him to reply: what makes you think you weren’t the best person for the job? Well, that was a lesson well learned at age 21.