An official said Tuesday that despite the national rollback, including Major League Baseball (MLB), the New York Yankees will continue to work to promote diversity and inclusion within the organization.
Brian Smith, Senior Vice President of Corporate and Community Relations, told The The The Corporate and Community Partners that we are working with members of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and actively interacting with our neighbors and community partners. ” New York Daily News In Jackie Robinson Day.
“Our dedication to these efforts remains unchanged and our diversity and inclusion committee continues to work.”
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New logo on Yankee jersey (New York Yankees Twitter)
The Yankees initially revealed the formation of a diversity and inclusion (D&I) committee in February 2021. The commission’s announcement said the initiative was for “less than a year after George Floyd’s death, the program was for “a meaningless, meaningless tragedy that has been meaningless across the country recently”.
MLB removed the “diversity” reference from its career page in March. However, the Career page still includes references to images of inclusive and gay pride signs.
President Donald Trump has made Dei in the public and private sectors an early priority for his tenure. One of Trump Day 1 The Executive Order orders federal contract compliance offices to promote “diversity” by “stop immediately” and encourage federal contractors and subcontractors to engage in efforts similar to affirmative action when making employment decisions to consider race, color, gender, gender, sexual preference, religious or ethnic origin.
General Services Administration (GSA) Changes were announced in February The Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR) are intended to comply with the presidential executive order aimed at restoring elite domination and ending discrimination in the public and private sectors.
However, the Yankees believe their commitment to diversity and inclusion is aligned with Trump’s values on the issue.
“Our commitment remains consistent. We have been committed to promoting access to neighboring communities and we are still committed to promoting access to neighboring communities,” Smith said.
“We think President Trump will be happy with our work because it creates the exact opportunity he focused on when he created the opportunity zone in the South Bronx during his first term.”
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Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred launched a diversified pipeline program in 2016, resulting in more than 400 auxiliary employees.
October 2023, Federal Civil Rights Complaints The nonprofit conservative public interest organization, the United States, first legally proposed a racial discrimination plan against Major League Baseball (MLB) and proposed it together with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The complaint said that the official MLB website covers at least four illegal employment and contract plans for the MLB Diversity Pipeline Program, Diversity Scholarship Program, Diversity Sales Training Program, and Diversity Business Partner Program.
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Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is ahead of Game 4 of the 2024 Major League Baseball World Series at the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yankee Stadium in New York. (Brad Penner-Imagn image)
Following the owners’ meeting in Palm Beach, Florida last month, Manfred announced that Major League Baseball is evaluating the interpretation of federal law.
“Our values, especially our values for diversity, remain the same. But another value that is very important to us is what we always try to comply with the law,” Manfred said. “It seems that evolution is going on here. We are paying attention to that very carefully.
“Obviously, when things get more resolved, we will check each of our procedures and make sure that while the value remains the same, we are also consistent with what the law requires.”
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