McDonald’s sued over Latino scholarship program [Video]

McDonald’s is being sued over a program that grants scholarships to Latino students, a move that came days after the fast-food giant ditched some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

The American Alliance for Equal Rights, which challenges race-based preference and discrimination, alleges the McDonald’s HACER program discriminates against certain high school students.

Last week, McDonald’s said it would adjust some of its DEI policies, which critics have deemed “woke.”

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“When corporations say they will replace controversial and polarizing programs with more neutral ones, it does not always mean the company has undergone any meaningful changes,” AAER President Edward Blum said in a statement. “A corporate press release heralding changes in policies is often little more than a public relations exercise.”

“It is astonishing that after what McDonald’s describes as a comprehensive civil-rights audit of its programs and policies, the Hispanic-only HACER scholarship was not flagged for likely being …