The U.S. Department of Labor and the Justice Department have reached an agreement with a Virginia-based IT staffing firm after finding a job posting discriminatory. Here, the Labor Department building is seen in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Department of Labor and the Justice Department have reached an agreement with a Virginia-based IT staffing firm after finding a job posting discriminatory. Here, the Labor Department building is seen in Washington, D.C.
A job posting that included race and citizenship requirements — and the stipulation, “Don’t share with candidates” — has resulted in settlement agreements between Virginia-based IT staffing firm Arthur Grand Technologies Inc. and the U.S. government.
Under the arrangement, Arthur Grand will pay a civil penalty of $7,500, along with a total of $31,000 to 31 people who complained about the posting. The company — which is minority-owned and a federal contractor designated a disadvantaged business — will also be monitored to ensure compliance with anti-discrimination laws.
“It is shameful that in the 21st century, we continue to see employers using ‘whites only’ and ‘only US born’ job postings to lock out otherwise eligible job candidates of color,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, which announced the agreements.
Arthur Grand “neither admits nor denies any violation,” the Department of Labor’s agreement states. But in a message to NPR, Arthur Grand CEO Sheik Rahmathullah said his company "vehemently denies any guilt or wrongdoing." The job posting was made by a rogue employee, he said.
What did the job posting say?
The job posting sparked outrage and accusations of discrimination when it circulated online last year, reading, “Only Born US Citizens [White] who are local within 60 miles from Dallas, TX [Don’t share with candidates].” The words in brackets are not paraphrases; they appeared in brackets in the posting, the Justice Department noted.
… The Justice Department acknowledged in its settlement agreement that the company had denied approving the job posting, with Arthur Grand asserting “that the posted advertisement was generated by a disgruntled recruiter in India and was intended to embarrass the company,” according to the DOJ. …
"We take pride in the fact that all the senior leadership positions in our company are held by persons of color, and over 80% of our staff are also people of color," Rahmathullah told NPR.
According to U.S. government records, Arthur Grand is certified as a Small Disadvantaged Business in the roster of federal contractors.
To qualify for that status, a majority of the company must be owned by “one or more disadvantaged persons,” who must also be “socially disadvantaged and economically disadvantaged.”
“Each year, the Federal Government awards about 10% of all federal contract dollars, or roughly $50 billion in contracts, to Small Disadvantaged Businesses,” according to the Small Business Administration.
That’s a big reason why Indian immigrant businessmen demanded back in the 1970s that they stop being classified by the federal government as “Caucasian.” Back when South Asians were officially white, they were losing out to “Oriental” immigrants on federal contracts. So, the government dutifully grouped East Asians and South Asians together as “Asians” so they could get lucrative racial privileges reserved for nonwhites.
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That peeved West Asians: why shouldn’t they enjoy Nonwhite Privilege too? So, the Biden Administration announced that Middle Easterners and North Africans would get to officially exit the white race. Presumably, that will start the clock ticking toward MENAs getting nonwhite money.
I predicted many years ago that this flight from white would continue as long as the money was there. Who would be last to demand to be registered as nonwhites?
My guess was Poles.
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