Ending DEI programs based on talent & hard work, not on racial quotas； 1st Amendment vs security

Interesting convo on corporate America ending DEI programs. Jennings: vast majority of Americans want to rise and fall based on talent and hard work, not on forced racial quotas.

“It’s going to come down to First Amendment versus national security.”

The Supreme Court will take up a challenge to a new law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S that is set to effect on Jan. 19, CBS News’ Catherine Cole reports.

The First Amendment does not protect the right of the Chinese government to own a company, nor does it prohibit consequences for failures of corporations to comply with divestment laws.

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Ending DEI programs based on talent & hard work, not on racial quotas； 1st Amendment vs security

Key Points

Interesting convo on corporate America ending DEI programs

• Jennings: vast majority of Americans want to rise and fall based on talent and hard work, not on forced racial quotas
• “It’s going to come down to First Amendment versus national security

The Supreme Court will take up a challenge to a new law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U

Transcript Highlights

The following is transcribed from the video audio:

• This is the affirmative action ruling from the Supreme Court
• I mean, I think some universities were using these policies to discriminate against Asian students and other kinds of students
• Who do you want to be discriminated against
• Wouldn’t the fair way to do it would be to say, we’re going to look at everybody’s test scores, we’re going to look at everybody’s applications, and we’re going to do it agnostic of race, and we’re going to let the most talented and the most accomplished students come to our universities
• You mentioned the Supreme Court ruling, by the way, on affirmative action, which I do believe was a seminal moment because it reminded me when it happened that a vast majority of Americans do not want affirmative action
• They do not believe in these forced racial preferences
• And even a majority of African Americans agreed with the ruling at the time
• And so when some people, you know, often accuse Republicans are on the right, but I think a lot of Americans all across the spectrum, look at this and say, I want to rise and fall based on my own talent and my own hard work
• I don’t want to rise and fall based on the pressures being put on me by people who don’t know how much work I’m putting in
• Can you further break down for us the case, both for and against this law, that could eventually lead to TikTok being banned

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