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CBS Defends Diversity Hiring on ‘SEAL Team’ From ‘Anti-White Discrimination’ Suit
CBS is defending its right to hire a diverse writers' room on "SEAL Team," after a white script coordinator sued for discrimination.
Brian Beneker, the longtime script coordinator on the show, sued in February, arguing that he had been repeatedly passed over for writing jobs because he is a straight, white man. In a similar case, Disney argued last month that it had a First Amendment right to fire “Mandalorian” actor Gina Carano after she made a post on social media that allegedly trivialized the Holocaust. Disney and CBS each cite the same cases — Boy Scouts of America v. Dale and Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston, among others — for the proposition that the government cannot force a private entity to hire someone to express views it disagrees with.
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