illegal, immoral and currently politically correct but it will be interesting to see how this shakes out;

Courtney Rogers is suing food service giant Compass Group USA Inc. in federal court after the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company fired her for refusing to participate in a program that discriminates against white male employees.

The lawsuit was filed on July 24 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California under the auspices of the Thomas More Society, a national public interest law firm headquartered in Chicago.

Rogers used to worked for Compass from her home office in San Diego, California. She was hired in August 2021 with the title of "recruiter, internal mobility team." (Related: Equity vs. equality: California reparations commission wants to legalize racial discrimination.)

Her responsibilities included the processing of internal promotions, which encompassed posting job listings, reviewing applications, conducting interviews, writing and sending offer letters, carrying out background checks, ordering drug tests, initiating and reviewing onboarding and ensuring that personnel updates were reflected in the system.

In March 2022, the company created a program called "Operation Equity," a purported diversity program that offered qualified employees special training and mentorship and the promise of a promotion upon graduation.

However, participation in the program was restricted to "women and people of color." White men were not allowed to participate.

According to the legal complaint that was filed in Rogers v. Compass Group USA Inc., the company "used a euphemistic and false title to hide the program's true nature." The program is an example of "'outright racial balancing,' which is patently unlawful," and is the kind of program "promoted by people … who harbor racial animus against white men," the legal complaint pointed out......more......