Employees of California agencies file suit alleging discrimination because of Critical Race Theory

 Washington Examiner:

Critical race theory training for California's state employees has led to widespread discrimination, according to a class-action lawsuit led by attorney David Pivtorak.

"The basics of the lawsuit in its most simplest terms is that some of California’s agencies, specifically the California Natural Resources Agency and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, essentially started implementing what would constitute racial quotas into their hiring decisions, promotions, and training," he told the Washington Examiner.

Pivtorak, who usually practices as a personal injury lawyer, said the "onslaught" of critical race training throughout the country's institutions inspired him to take on the case last October.

Court proceedings for the lawsuit have been delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions in California.

According to the lawsuit, the California agencies began implementing critical race training shortly after the death of George Floyd last May.

The two agencies began disseminating emails to employees alleging that "America is a systemically racist country and that white employees are all collectively guilty of perpetuating the violence of the system," according to the lawsuit.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Charlton Bonham then announced he had been making "structural changes ... to embed racial equity actions into department culture, policies, and practices."

Those changes, the plaintiffs allege, violate both state and federal law, which bars discrimination based on race, gender, or religion.

California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot then held a conference during work hours titled "What We Can Learn From Our Past to Move Toward an Equitable Future," during which speakers called "for the dismantling of race-neutral employment practices and for the establishment of a [critical race theory] ... based system that uses race as the primary criterion in recruiting, hiring promotion and other conditions of employment."

The plaintiffs in the case, who filed the suit under a pseudonym, allege the implicit bias seminars they attended violated their First Amendment rights. They also allege "racial discrimination, intimidation, and violations of [the California Constitution]," which prohibits the state from discriminating or giving preferential treatment to "any individual or group on the basis of race ... in the operation of public employment."

The case largely deals with alleged violations against California law, although Pivtorak said the conduct of the state agencies runs afoul of federal civil rights law as well.

"There are claims under federal civil rights law [that] essentially codify the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause," he said. "Critical race training is one of the biggest existential threats facing our country right now."

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I have been wondering when such a suit would be brought against the obvious racist component of Critical Race Theory.   I think the state and private corporations that are imposing CRT on employees are vulnerable to lawsuits like this one.  It is my belief that it should be inherently banned as racist at its core.