Left-Wing Nonprofits Discuss Strategy to Stay ‘Under the Radar’ and ‘Tweak Language’ to Dodge Discrimination Lawsuits
15th August 2024
Nonprofit leaders devoted to DEI led a discussion on Tuesday about how to continue making race-based decisions while staying “under the radar” and avoiding anti-discrimination lawsuits, even after the 2023 Supreme Court ruling outlawed affirmative action.
Hosted by Fluxx, a grants management platform whose clients include the left-wing Ford and MacArthur foundations, the webinar was advertised as a discussion of “recent efforts to stymie diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the United States.”
Representatives from the left-wing philanthropies Hello Alice and the Kresge Foundation instructed participants how to dodge discrimination lawsuits best—not by adhering to the law but rather, according to Hello Alice grants director LaToya Ratlieff, by making “little tweaks in the language” on websites and marketing materials. By way of example, she said that instead of describing a grant “as only open to black entrepreneurs,” Hello Alice now indicates that “preference will be given to black entrepreneurs.”