<story><title>&apos;Old white guy&apos; can move forward with workplace bias suit against AT&amp;T</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/old-white-guy-can-move-forward-with-workplace-bias-suit-against-att-2022-06-07/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>yieldcrv</author><text>&amp;gt;  Employees who have historically been entrenched in the majority are also entitled to protection under laws that were intended to assure equal treatment for women and racial minorities.&lt;p&gt;To me this is obvious. A plain reading of EOCC employment discrimination regulations make this obvious.&lt;p&gt;The mere fact that this is deemed as &amp;quot;novel&amp;quot; or newsworthy or intriguing is a poor reflection of society itself. Fortunately the judges all understand it, even if this diverges so heavily from the general population (including employer&amp;#x27;s) understanding of race and sex inclusion&amp;#x2F;discrimination.&lt;p&gt;But it kind of reminds me of academia, when all the students get it wrong, then maybe its the teacher! Leaving everyone to their own devices to implement an abstract concept of DEI and Affirmative Action keeps leading to the same implementation flaws and polarizing resentment over and over and over again.</text></comment>
<story><title>&apos;Old white guy&apos; can move forward with workplace bias suit against AT&amp;T</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/old-white-guy-can-move-forward-with-workplace-bias-suit-against-att-2022-06-07/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>MontyCarloHall</author><text>&amp;gt;The complaint recounts an incident, for instance, about Johnson telling DiBenedetto in 2020 that he expected to retire in a couple of years. DiBenedetto said he was interested in applying for his boss’ job. Johnson allegedly noted DiBenedetto’s short &amp;quot;runway.&amp;quot; According to DiBenedetto, the boss said, “In these roles, you know, you&amp;#x27;ve got to be able to adapt and move, and I&amp;#x27;m not saying you can&amp;#x27;t, but a 58-year-old white guy, I don&amp;#x27;t know if that&amp;#x27;s going to happen.”&lt;p&gt;Oof. Seems like an open and shut case if that last quote (or others of its ilk) can be proven to have been said.</text></comment>