The New York Yankees will continue to be committed to promoting diversity and inclusion within their organization despite a nationwide rollback of DEI, including MLB, officials said Tuesday.
“We are continuously working with members of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and are actively involved with our neighbors and community partners,” he told Brian Smith, Senior Vice President of Corporate and Community Relations. New York Daily News Jackie Robinson’s Day.
“Our dedication to these efforts remains the same and our Diversity and Inclusion Committee continues its work.”
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The Yankees originally announced the creation of the Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Committee in February 2021. The committee’s announcement said the initiative responds to “recent meaningless tragedy in our communities across the country.”
MLB removed the “Diversity” reference from its career page in March. However, the career page contains inclusion of gay pride flags and references to images.
President Donald Trump has made public and private sector rollbacks an early priority in his term. One of the Trumps first day The executive order ordered the Federal Contract Compliance Bureau to “immediately” to promote “diversity” and to “immediately stop” the encouragement of federal contractors and subcontractors to engage in efforts such as positive actions to consider race, color, gender, sexual preference, religion or country’s origins when making employment decisions.
General Services Bureau (GSA) Changes announced in February It aims to coincide with the president’s executive order, which aims to restore meritocracy and termination discrimination in the public and private sectors.
However, the Yankees believe that their commitment to diversity and inclusion is consistent with Trump’s values ​​on the issue.
“Our commitment remains consistent. We are committed to promoting access in our neighborhood communities and are committed to encouraging access in our neighborhood communities,” Smith said.
“I think President Trump is pleased with our work because he creates the exact kind of opportunity that he focused on when he created the opportunity zone in the South Bronx in his first semester.”
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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred launched the Diversity Pipeline Program in 2016, bringing in over 400 subsidized recruitment.
October 2023, Federation Civil Rights Complaints It was submitted to MLB for a racist program by the non-profit, conservative public interest organization America First Legal, along with the U.S. Employment Opportunity Committee.
The complaint has been made by the official MLB website to present at least four illegal employment and contract programs, citing the MLB Diversity Pipeline program, the Diversity Fellowship program, the Ticket Sales Training Diversity program, and the Diversity Business Partners program.
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MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred ahead of the 2024 MLB World Series match between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
After an owners meeting in Palm Beach, Florida last month, Manfred announced that MLB is evaluating its interpretation of federal law.
“Our values, especially our values ​​regarding diversity, remain the same. But another value that is very important to us is that we always try to adhere to what the law is,” Manfred said. “It seems like evolution is happening here, and we follow it very carefully.
“Obviously, once things settle a little more, we’ll look at each program and make sure the values ​​remain the same but match what the law requires.”
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