| > Some states (CA, NY, IL, WA, OR come to mind) Yes. My concern is the opposite here; A lot of red states are gleefully following every whim of the Trump Administration, and we can expect their state-level equivalent rules (insofar they exist, which a fair amount of states already fail) to be revoked soon. > The fact of the matter is, most employers aren’t naive and have always found legal proxy rationales to discriminate and prevent hiring or fire someone. It's certainly a problem. But secret and-or implied agreements to discriminate are less effective, and subject to obstruction by wilfully-ignorant staff. Where put into writing, you get things like Eric Schmidt creating evidence for the tech antipoaching cartel of the 2000s. Letting companies get away with explicit & stated policies is much worse. > for example in this thread, by not calling their white workers “retarded” (not aware of this happening but it seems reasonable). Info on that particular reference: https://www.independent.co.uk/politics/elon-musk-americans-v... |