IBM's Red Hat SUED over culling 21 white men employees as CEO vowed to punish managers who missed DEI targets
A former sales chief is suing IBM's Red Hat for being sacked alongside 20 other white men during the software subsidiary's aggressive diversity push to hire more women and African Americans.
Allan Kingsley Wood, a white man, says he faced race and gender discrimination because of the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) scheme, which set hiring targets for women and minorities.
The case was filed by America First Legal (AFL), which is headed by former Trump administration official Stephen Miller, as part of a broader assault against DEI in businesses, colleges, and the military.
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Wood made it clear that he opposed the firm's DEI policies due to his religious and political views.
He 'advocated for hiring based on merit and skill rather than other immutable characteristics,' the complaint says.
Two weeks later, Wood was told his job was being axed along with 21 other staffers.
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IBM’s Red Hat Sued by Stephen Miller’s Legal Group for Anti-White Male Bias
Ex-Trump adviser Stephen Miller’s legal group has sued IBM Corp. subsidiary Red Hat Inc. claiming the company’s diversity goals led to the discriminatory treatment and termination of a former White male employee.
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America First Legal Sues IBM Subsidiary “Red Hat” for Alleged Anti-White, Anti-Male Discrimination
Today, America First Legal (AFL), with its co-counsel, including Robert Barnes, filed a lawsuit on behalf of its client against the International Business Machines Corporation’s (IBM) subsidiary, Red Hat, for violating Civil Rights laws by allegedly engaging in discriminatory employment and termination practices against white males.
AFL’s plaintiff is a white male and was a dutiful Red Hat employee for eight years, rising to the position of Senior Director. He was an exemplary employee who had never received a negative review during his time at Red Hat. But for the discrimination he faced, he was on the path to becoming one of the top executives at Red Hat.
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Stephen Miller Group Sues IBM’s Red Hat for White Male Bias
Ex-Trump adviser Stephen Miller’s legal group has sued IBM Corp. subsidiary Red Hat Inc. claiming the company’s diversity goals led to the discriminatory treatment and termination of a former White male employee.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Idaho, America First Legal said that Allan Kingsley Wood, a former senior director at Red Hat, faced race and gender discrimination because of the IBM subsidary’s diversity, equity, and inclusion program, which involved setting hiring goals for women and minorities.
AFL has filed several lawsuits over corporate DEI-related issues. But the conservative group has more frequently brought its complaints directly to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, submitting over 30 requests for the civil rights agency to investigate high profile corporations’ DEI programs for bias, including one targeting IBM’s diversity work.
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Man Sues IBM Company After They Allegedly Fired Him For Being Too White
America First Legal (AFL) announced Wednesday that they were suing Red Hat, a subsidiary of IBM, for allegedly violating civil rights laws by enacting racially discriminatory DEI policies, an AFL press statement read.
AFL maintains that their client, Allan Kingsley Wood, was a Senior Director at Red Hat from 2015 to 2023 who had terrific reviews and was “on a fast track to becoming an executive,” according to the lawsuit. He was then allegedly subject to discriminatory treatment and terminated by these illicit policies. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Air Force Slapped With Lawsuit After Claiming It Has No Records On Officer Diversity Quotas)
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IBM’s Red Hat sued by Stephen Miller’s Legal Group for anti-white male bias [Ed: This may be plagiarised]
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Former Red Hat CEO sues Raleigh company over alleged ‘anti-white’ agenda
Kingsley Wood, who is white, joined the Raleigh-based company in 2015 and most recently served as a senior sales director. In the lawsuit, Wood claims that Red Hat’s emphasis on achieving a more racially and gender diverse workforce contributed to his firing last September. According to the claim, Red Hat aims to have women make up 30% of its global workforce and make up 30% of people of color in its U.S. workforce by 2028.
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IBM faces discrimination suit after OMG revealed anti-white male hiring practices
The law firm charges that Red Hat has engaged in Civil Rights violations by allegedly engaging in discriminatory employment and termination practices against white males.
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IBM Subsidiary Red Hat Fires Top Exec & 20 Other White Men; AFL Sues for Anti-white Discrimination
IBM subsidiary Red Hat openly and illegally discriminated against a white employee who was on the road to becoming a top executive, alleges a lawsuit filed by America First Legal (AFL).
Though Allan Kingsley Wood never received anything but stellar job performance reviews, the company fired him pursuant to its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.
Filed with the U.S. District Court in Idaho, the lawsuit alleges that IBM fired Wood because he is a white man. As well, he openly opposed DEI hiring and wanted the company to hire new employees for their merit and talent.
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Former Red Hat director sues Raleigh company over alleged ‘anti-white’ agenda
A former employee of the prominent open source software provider Red Hat filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday, claiming he was “a victim of Red Hat’s discriminatory employment policies.” Kingsley Wood, who is white, started at the Raleigh-based company in 2015 and most recently worked as a senior sales director. In the lawsuit, Wood alleges that Red Hat’s emphasis on achieving a more racial and gender diverse workforce contributed to his termination last September. According to the claim, Red Hat aims to have women make up 30% of its global staff and people of color comprise 30% of its U.S. workforce by 2028.
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Former Red Hat employee alleges 'anti-white' discrimination in lawsuit against Raleigh company
A former employee of Raleigh-based software company Red Hat has filed a lawsuit against his former employer.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Idaho by Allan Kingsley Wood claims he was “a victim of Red Hat’s discriminatory employment policies.”
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IBM Unit Fired White Man To Meet Diversity Quotas, Suit Says
A white male employee said software company Red Hat fired him to make room for more women and people of color in its workforce after it announced diversity quotas...
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IBM Subsidiary Faces Discrimination Lawsuit Over DEI
America First Legal filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho on behalf of Allan Wood. Wood alleges that he was the subject of racial and sexual discrimination by Red Hat because of the company’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policy, which sought “to remake its workforce demographic, seeking to reach 30% women globally and 30% associates of color in the United States by 2028.”
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Red Hat Sued for Racial Discrimination
The largest Linux company on Earth is being sued for racial, sexual, and religious discrimination -- providing further evidence, validating past reporting by The Lunduke Journal.
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The Register spins to protect Red Bait in discrimination lawsuit
Tump! Immigration! Insurrection! Muslim Tavel Ban! Elon Musk! What do any of those things have to do with a discrimination lawsuit against Red Hat, the worlds largest GNU/Linux company? Well... nothing. Nothing at all. But Tech News outlet, The Register, wants you to stop thinking about Red Bait doing something wrong... and, instead, be angry at anyone who would attack Red Hat.
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Did Lunduke just scare The Register off Twitter?
The Register victim blames Red Bait employee who files discrimination lawsuit. Gets called out. Immediately deletes Ex-Twitter account.