https://www.wsj.com/business/mcdonalds-sued-over-latino-scholarships-one-week-after-retreating-on-diversity-dc7a2438

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McDonald's is being sued over a decades-old college scholarship program for Latino students, just a week after the burger chain said it would roll back a range of diversity initiatives.

The lawsuit-the latest in a growing body of cases by various activist groups challenging corporate diversity initiatives-was filed by the American Alliance for Equal Rights. The organization is run by Edward Blum, the activist whose lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina led the U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action at colleges nationwide.

McDonald's joined a growing list of companies to retreat on their diversity commitments since the court's ruling, with many announcing changes in the weeks leading up to Donald Trump's return to the White House. The president-elect and his advisers have vowed to target such programs. Facebook owner Meta, for example, said Friday that it would eliminate its team assigned to diversity.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Nashville, alleges that McDonald's is discriminating against non-Latinos with its Hacer scholarship program. The annual program provides up to 30 high-school students with scholarships of between $5,000 and $100,000. It is limited to students with at least one parent of Latino or Hispanic heritage.

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While McDonald's college scholarships are a good thing, discriminating on who receives them based on their race is wrong.

Hopefully this continues the pendulum swing against DEI and racist preferences.

Private entity and should be able to do it. Public funded entities are completely different animal.

techno-ag said:

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https://www.wsj.com/business/mcdonalds-sued-over-latino-scholarships-one-week-after-retreating-on-diversity-dc7a2438

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McDonald's is being sued over a decades-old college scholarship program for Latino students, just a week after the burger chain said it would roll back a range of diversity initiatives.

The lawsuit-the latest in a growing body of cases by various activist groups challenging corporate diversity initiatives-was filed by the American Alliance for Equal Rights. The organization is run by Edward Blum, the activist whose lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina led the U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action at colleges nationwide.

McDonald's joined a growing list of companies to retreat on their diversity commitments since the court's ruling, with many announcing changes in the weeks leading up to Donald Trump's return to the White House. The president-elect and his advisers have vowed to target such programs. Facebook owner Meta, for example, said Friday that it would eliminate its team assigned to diversity.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Nashville, alleges that McDonald's is discriminating against non-Latinos with its Hacer scholarship program. The annual program provides up to 30 high-school students with scholarships of between $5,000 and $100,000. It is limited to students with at least one parent of Latino or Hispanic heritage.

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While McDonald's college scholarships are a good thing, discriminating on who receives them based on their race is wrong.

Hopefully this continues the pendulum swing against DEI and racist preferences.

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This is an area where I'm not quite inclined to get bent out of shape. If they're open and upfront with the qualifications and requirements for their scholarship then it's their money their decision.

Is this just one of a laundry list of scholarships they give? Are they using varied requirements for different scholarships to spread them around? Or are they using highly specific requirements to create a defacto across the board exclusion?

Kenneth_2003 said:

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This is an area where I'm not quite inclined to get bent out of shape. If they're open and upfront with the qualifications and requirements for their scholarship then it's their money their decision.

Is this just one of a laundry list of scholarships they give? Are they using varied requirements for different scholarships to spread them around? Or are they using highly specific requirements to create a defacto across the board exclusion?

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"So non-Hispanics-including non-Hispanics with severe financial need and racial minorities like blacks, Arabs, and Native Americans-are flatly barred based on their ethnic heritage," the lawsuit says. "This kind of discrimination was never lawful."

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akm91 said:

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Private entity and should be able to do it. Public funded entities are completely different animal.

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So a private entity that gets to write off these give me somethins on their taxes gets to decide what color of person gets the cash. The money that was given was accumulated from Hispanic only customers? I don't know, just asking? Are all McDonald stockholders Hispanic only?

I am a big believer in he who writes the checks, makes the rules. I am not going to cherry pick though, if you are doing anything based on skin color or heritage, it is wrong and racist.

akm91 said:

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Private entity and should be able to do it. Public funded entities are completely different animal.

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So, by that logic could they prevent blacks from eating there? They're a private entity after all.

The answer of course is no. "Bake the cake." (Or "make the Big Mac" in this case.)

I have always heard that race based scholarships are allowed but you can't actually prevent someone from applying if they aren't that race and can't deny the scholarship based on race

So they can say it's a race based scholarship but can't make it race based

Just ask yourself how far McDonald's would get if the beneficiaries were exclusively white instead.

You'll kill a lot of privately funded scholarships if you bar race, ethnicity, sex, place of birth, etc. as criteria for awards. Not at all sure I want the government regulating private individuals and companies as to this matter.

Glad they are getting sued for their racist bullcrap.

That being said, the objective needs to be aid to poor students who have the ability, but not the money.

So you make the scholarship needs based, make it for 1st generation college students. and make it for former employees.

Demographics tell me that such scholarships will flow to mostly minority. But also allow poor whites in.

If the government wants to dictate to me how I have to give out my scholarship money, I will just take that money and spend it on something else.

I remember back in 1990 I was applying for scholarships. 26 were available, 21 were for minorities. It was rediculous even then

Hagen95 said:

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If the government wants to dictate to me how I have to give out my scholarship money, I will just take that money and spend it on something else.

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The government also dictates who banks can loan to. This stems from redlining days when banks would not give mortgages out in certain racial neighborhoods. Much like this college scholarships situation, the government has a say in how decisions are made on who gets that money.

akm91 said:

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Private entity and should be able to do it. Public funded entities are completely different animal.

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FWIW, they're a publicly traded entity.

The government dictates a lot of things... I'm just saying I would stop giving scholarships and spend that money on other things.

McDonalds ought to offer a scholarship to the Muslim McRib eating champion!

Did a little looking...

Looks like McDonalds has 4 different scholarships they offer (and they award more than one of each each cycle).

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/mcdonalds-scholarships.html

• HACER
  The Hispanic American Commitment to Education Resources (HACER) National Scholarship Program has awarded over $33 million in scholarship funds to more than 17,000 Hispanic and Latino students.
• APA Next
  APA Next has been supporting Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) students to pursue their educational ambition for more than 15 years.
• Black & Positively Golden
  For more than two decades, McDonald's has been committed to empowering HBCU students by providing millions in scholarships.
• Archways to Opportunity
  Over the last decade, McDonald's has been dedicated to helping restaurant employees further their education and achieve their dreams. Learn more about how Archways to Opportunity can help employees on their path to success.

Cursory glance says if you're white and want a scholarship you better work there.

My honest opinion, their money, their scholarship, their rules. Don't like it? Don't buy their hamburgers. Maybe they should add a Chicken Nugget scholarship to promote the development and growth of the White Meat.

A private company should be able to be exclusive with its programs and money. It should also suffer the consequences of doing things unpopular with the general public.

However, I'm sort of okay with this lawsuit as it can provide a lot of cover for companies that would like to abandon DEI but have been afraid to do so.

akm91 said:

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Private entity and should be able to do it. Public funded entities are completely different animal.

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So should we have private entities giving out whites only scholarships? How would that work out?
How about private schools giving out white only acceptance and scholarships?

How about privately held companies hiring white only???

Do laws not apply to private entities?

Not enthusiastic about the scholarships anymore - put'em in a trade school where they can learn real skills that are actually valuable to our society as a whole. Don't need anymore indoctrinated commie libs coming out of these useless degree programs

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akm91 said:

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Private entity and should be able to do it. Public funded entities are completely different animal.

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FWIW, they're a publicly traded entity.

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Uh…. That's not anywhere close to the same thing.

Bulldog73 said:

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You'll kill a lot of privately funded scholarships if you bar race, ethnicity, sex, place of birth, etc. as criteria for awards. Not at all sure I want the government regulating private individuals and companies as to this matter.

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Kill the scholarships. When there are so many of them that they become a given, the cost to attend goes up. Simple economics. It's not helping keep college affordable and it's racist. All it does is give the company something to dupe certain minority groups into thinking they are supported and are somehow better than whitey. No redeeming qualities.

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Ag with kids said:

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akm91 said:

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Private entity and should be able to do it. Public funded entities are completely different animal.

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FWIW, they're a publicly traded entity.

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Uh…. That's not anywhere close to the same thing.

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I didn't say it was the same thing. But, it is not a "private entity". X.com is a private entity. Harvard is a private entity.

BTW, using your logic, Harvard should be allowed to do affirmative action, then, right?

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Pinochet said:

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Ag with kids said:

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akm91 said:

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Private entity and should be able to do it. Public funded entities are completely different animal.

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FWIW, they're a publicly traded entity.

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Uh…. That's not anywhere close to the same thing.

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I didn't say it was the same thing. But, it is not a "private entity". X.com is a private entity. Harvard is a private entity.

BTW, using your logic, Harvard should be allowed to do affirmative action, then, right?

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Don't put words in my mouth. I never said anything of the sort. In fact, I argued in another post that it's bull***** You just don't seem to understand what a public company is. That's ok - you're like most Americans on that issue. If all you can do is throw logic to the wind when you debate, you sure aren't going to win many.

A public company is owned by private parties just like a private company is. The former is just subject to more disclosure because the government thinks the lolpoors need more guidance and must be protected from themselves.

TacosaurusRex said:

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I am a big believer in he who writes the checks, makes the rules.

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Tell that to my wife......

Kenneth_2003 said:

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Did a little looking...

Looks like McDonalds has 4 different scholarships they offer (and they award more than one of each each cycle).

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/mcdonalds-scholarships.html

• HACER
  The Hispanic American Commitment to Education Resources (HACER) National Scholarship Program has awarded over $33 million in scholarship funds to more than 17,000 Hispanic and Latino students.
• APA Next
  APA Next has been supporting Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) students to pursue their educational ambition for more than 15 years.
• Black & Positively Golden
  For more than two decades, McDonald's has been committed to empowering HBCU students by providing millions in scholarships.
• Archways to Opportunity
  Over the last decade, McDonald's has been dedicated to helping restaurant employees further their education and achieve their dreams. Learn more about how Archways to Opportunity can help employees on their path to success.

Cursory glance says if you're white and want a scholarship you better work there.

My honest opinion, their money, their scholarship, their rules. Don't like it? Don't buy their hamburgers. Maybe they should add a Chicken Nugget scholarship to promote the development and growth of the White Meat.

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In the name of equity and inclusion I am demanding McDonald's make dark meat chicken nuggets.

I agree that a private entity should be able to do what they want with scholarships but I bet you will have a hard time finding a company offering white only scholarships.

Also I hope you don't really believe that McD's (and all other fast food places) do not benefit from tax dollars. Tax dollars provide their employees with medical benefits (medicaid) as well as food assistance through food stamps. They also receive subsidized meat and potato products indirectly through farm subsidies.

Many fast food workers will intentionally cut hours to make sure their income stays below threshold for national handouts.

BlueSmoke said:

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TacosaurusRex said:

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I am a big believer in he who writes the checks, makes the rules.

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Tell that to my wife......

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That's your own fault and you should be ashamed to even admit your situation. Be a man.

Every company that asks what race you are during the hiring process (in other words every company) should be sued.

Let's end the racism.

TexAgs91 said:

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Every company that asks what race you are during the hiring process (in other words every company) should be sued.

Let's end the racism.

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100%

There should never be "race" questions on any application.

akm91 said:

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Private entity and should be able to do it. Public funded entities are completely different animal.

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You're not allowed to do this for white kids. So no, they shouldn't be able to do it.