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On the recordJune 26, 2024
A company, a large company, perhaps a company like Disney or any other employer, aspiring to maybe have about 30 percent of new hires and having a goal of 30 percent of new hires being from diverse backgrounds or people of color, and the assertion that that kind of goal was anti-White discrimination.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez discusses diversity hiring goals and challenges claims of anti-White discrimination.

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