An anti-woke legal group run by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller filed a federal civil rights complaint Tuesday against IBM, noting that there is reason to believe the New York-based tech corporation "knowingly and intentionally violated federal law" by discriminating on the basis of sex and race.
Investigative reporter James O'Keefe shared a video to X Monday wherein IBM CEO Arvind Krishna and other IBM executives can be seen detailing penalties, including termination, for leaders who fail to sufficiently hire on the basis of race and sex.
Miller's group, America First Legal, cited this video in its complaint to the EEOC, indicating that the comments expressed in the video by Krishna and Paul Cormier, chairman of IBM subsidiary Red Hat — and the company's corresponding hiring and procurement practices — contravened Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
This complaint comes just weeks after IBM suspended its ads on X on the basis of disputed claims from the leftist activist outfit Media Matters, now being sued for defamation. IBM claimed at the time it "has zero tolerance for hate speech and discrimination."
The video shared by O'Keefe Monday, apparently recorded in 2021 and shared by a company insider, appears to show Krishna and Cormier admitting to denying workers bonuses and canning executives for failing to discriminate against prospective hires.
"I'm very clear about this. I expect at the executive level, so that is not just my directs, but all executives in the company, have to move forward by 1% on both underrepresented minorities," said Krishna. "Let me say it: Asians in the U.S. are not an underrepresented minority in a tech company. However, others are. Ditto on gender diversity."
"So we take underrepresented and gender. You've got to move both forward by a percentage," the IBM chief executive says in the video. "That leads to a plus on your bonus."
"By the way, if you lose, you lose part of your bonus," Krishna continues. "Paul [Cormier is] held to the same standards. Paul and I have been working together to say, 'Okay, how do we apply those deeper into the organization?'"
Later in the video, Krishna can be heard noting the company's preferred racial and sexual demographics.
Cormier said that "multiple leaders over the last year plus that were held accountable to the point that they're no longer here at Red Hat ... because they weren't willing to live up to the [DEI] standards that we set in this space."
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AFL noted in its letter to EEOC acting Director Timothy Riera, "Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits IBM from discriminating against an employee or an applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin[.] ... However, the evidence is that IBM is knowingly, intentionally, and systematically engaging in such unlawful employment practices."
"Krishna, Cormier, and others in management have embedded immoral and unlawful employment practices into the corporation's culture," the letter alleged.
Extra to referencing the 2021 leaked footage, AFL cited IBM's 2022 ESG report and the company's race-based "Supplier Diversity program" as further evidence of discrimination.
The ESG report detailed the company's "diversity-linked executive compensation" scheme, which links executives' compensation to their ability to hire candidates with preferred immutable characteristics, specifically women, black people, and Hispanics.
The supplier program seeks to prioritize building relationships with "businesses owned and operated by minorities, women, lesbian and gay, veterans, and service disabled veterans, and disabled persons." The company's 2022 ESG report notes that "IBM has committed to dedicating 15% of our first-tier supplier diversity spending to Black-owned businesses by 2025."
AFL requested the EEOC use its discretionary powers to file a "commissioner charge" against IBM and its subsidiary Red Hat.
AFL also penned a letter Tuesday to Krishna, highlighting IBM's alleged unlawful employment practices, unlawful contracting practices, and waste and breach of fiduciary duty.
Gene Hamilton, AFL vice president and general counsel, said in a statement, "Apparently, based on the video and the publicly available material on its website, the senior leadership at IBM is wholly committed to discriminating against Americans as a matter of formal corporate policy. This cannot stand."
Bloomberg Law, which indicated AFL may be setting the groundwork for the legal work of a second Trump administration with this and other initiatives, noted that IBM hadn't responded to a request for comment.
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Ultra-woke soccer star Megan Rapinoe — who once gave a speech saying, "This is my charge to everyone: We have to be better ..." and has virtue-signaled around the globe for progressive causes such as lack of diversity and the evils of white supremacy and former President Donald Trump — actually may be in trouble with cancel culture.
Yup, right after she was chosen as one of seven "women famous for their achievements" who will replace Victoria's Secret supermodel angels, Rapinoe now has a problematic old tweet to deal with.
And in it she stereotypes Asians.
Her tweet from 2011 tells another individual that "u look asian with those closed eyes!"
According to the Sports Room, the account Rapinoe tagged in the tweet — @tasha_kai00, which no longer exists — belonged to former professional soccer player Natasha Kai, who the outlet said is of Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino, and Caucasian heritage.
As of late Thursday afternoon, Rapinoe does not appear to have explained the nature of the tweet to her 923,000-plus Twitter followers. And the tweet itself still was active as of 4:30 p.m.
Given that folks far and wide have been canceled into oblivion for uttering such stereotypical statements, one might guess that Rapinoe could have some cleaning up and 'fessing up to do if she is to survive this. But then again, Rapinoe — who came into prominence after kneeling for the national anthem a la Colin Kaepernick — is a powerful woman with untold numbers of fans and admirers, and she might simply choose to ignore the whole thing.
The tweet is newly resurfaced, so reaction is still pretty fresh, but the tweet is picking up steam — and so are the comments about it. Here's a sampling:
Oh, and here's that speech noted previously in which Rapinoe tells her listeners, "We have to be better":
Soccer player Megan Rapinoe urges crowd at NYC celebration to 'do better'youtu.be
New York City police are on the hunt for a suspect they say attacked two Asian women with a hammer on a Manhattan sidewalk Sunday night.
NYPD Hate Crimes posted a video on Twitter of the attack, which took place in the 400 block of West 42nd Street.
Police said the two Asian women — ages 31 and 29 — were walking on the sidewalk around 8:40 p.m. when an unknown individual demanded they remove their masks and then struck the 31-year-old in the head with a hammer resulting in a cut.
Video shows the suspect approaching the women from behind and appearing to unleash the first hammer strike in the back of the head of one woman.
The unknown individual then appears to strike with the hammer at least three more times.
But video shows that soon the hammer apparently is dropped and falls to the sidewalk.
And one of the victims picks up the hammer and appears to dare the attacker to try them again.
Amazingly the attacker — who loses both shoes in the melee — continues to jaw with the victims and appears to threaten to come at them again.
But the victims soon walk away from the scene as the attacker hollers and glares at them and puts her shoes back on.
Here are pair of closeups of the attacker:
Police said to call 1-800-577-TIPS if you have information. Video of the attack is below:
Video from Sunday, May 2nd attack on two Asian females, 31 and 29, who were walking on the sidewalk when an unknown… https://t.co/mZiCwsKH71
— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) 1620086072.0
Physical attacks against Asians have been spiking in New York City for most of 2021:
Regulations that the school board adopted violate the principles of religious freedom and place students in offensive and potentially dangerous situations.
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