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McDonald’s sued for Latino scholarships after ditching some DEI practices

  • The American Alliance for Equal Rights is suing McDonald's for alleged discrimination regarding its HACER National Scholarship Program for Latino and Hispanic students, claiming it unlawfully excludes non-Hispanics and racial minorities from eligibility.
  • The lawsuit was filed in Nashville, Tennessee, where the HACER scholarship program is administered, and seeks an injunction due to an approaching application deadline of February 6.
  • Edward Blum, leading the lawsuit, argues that McDonald's should open the scholarship to all under-resourced high school students, regardless of ethnicity, citing the program's discriminatory nature.
  • McDonald's is reviewing the lawsuit amid broader trends of companies rolling back diversity initiatives, following a shifting legal landscape after a 2023 Supreme Court decision against affirmative action.
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