MLB Umpire Says Sex Harassment Ignored Because of Diversity Push
April 24, 2024
MLB Umpire Says Sex Harassment Ignored Because of Diversity Push
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Here’s the top of the story. – Emily
MLB was sued Wednesday by a former minor league umpire who says he was fired because he complained about a female umpire’s harassment based on his gender and sexual orientation.
The league failed to adequately investigate his complaint, including not reviewing video evidence he and other male umpires had compiled, and instead fired him without explanation, the worker says in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan. His harasser had taunted him and others by boasting that she could do whatever she liked without risking her job because the MLB is actively seeking to advance female umpires under a diversity initiative aimed at fixing its long standing shortage of minority umpires, the suit says.
That diversity push has resulted in “an illegal diversity quota” that saw him and other new male umpires initially relegated to the “taxi squad” in favor of less qualified women and minorities, Brandon Cooper alleges. They therefore weren’t initially as full-time employees as they began their efforts to prove themselves and advance to the major leagues, Cooper says.
Dude appears to have done a FULL social media/internet scrape, including innocuous things like an article he wrote about “The Five Tools of Being and Umpire”.
Sure seems like the actions of someone who has exactly the type of internet footprint you’d expect from someone whining about diversity. (And someone who knew that’s what his social media presence looked like.)
Omg replace them with robots already.
Umpires suck so bad.
Worst officiating in any sport.
What a fucking dork
…. But we won’t fire Angel Hernandez…….
Diversity hiring is Tokenism 100% of the time.
Well the SCOTUS has widened the definition of discrimination by expanding it to include reassigning you to a new position even if the new position is of equal or better status than your old position. So, if he was reassigned to his new umpire position because of his race or sex to make space for a woman then he has grounds to sue (even if he didn’t lose money).
8 comments
Here’s the top of the story. – Emily
MLB was sued Wednesday by a former minor league umpire who says he was fired because he complained about a female umpire’s harassment based on his gender and sexual orientation.
The league failed to adequately investigate his complaint, including not reviewing video evidence he and other male umpires had compiled, and instead fired him without explanation, the worker says in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan. His harasser had taunted him and others by boasting that she could do whatever she liked without risking her job because the MLB is actively seeking to advance female umpires under a diversity initiative aimed at fixing its long standing shortage of minority umpires, the suit says.
That diversity push has resulted in “an illegal diversity quota” that saw him and other new male umpires initially relegated to the “taxi squad” in favor of less qualified women and minorities, Brandon Cooper alleges. They therefore weren’t initially as full-time employees as they began their efforts to prove themselves and advance to the major leagues, Cooper says.
If you want to read more, the whole story is free [here](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/mlb-umpire-says-sex-harassment-ignored-because-of-diversity-push?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=reddit).
DEI strikes again !!!
Dude appears to have done a FULL social media/internet scrape, including innocuous things like an article he wrote about “The Five Tools of Being and Umpire”.
Sure seems like the actions of someone who has exactly the type of internet footprint you’d expect from someone whining about diversity. (And someone who knew that’s what his social media presence looked like.)
Omg replace them with robots already.
Umpires suck so bad.
Worst officiating in any sport.
What a fucking dork
…. But we won’t fire Angel Hernandez…….
Diversity hiring is Tokenism 100% of the time.
Well the SCOTUS has widened the definition of discrimination by expanding it to include reassigning you to a new position even if the new position is of equal or better status than your old position. So, if he was reassigned to his new umpire position because of his race or sex to make space for a woman then he has grounds to sue (even if he didn’t lose money).