{"id":1947291,"date":"2023-06-14T16:08:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-blasts-biden-diversity-chief-for-un-american-race-focused-hiring\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T16:09:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:09:13","slug":"gop-lawmaker-blasts-biden-diversity-chief-for-un-american-race-focused-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-blasts-biden-diversity-chief-for-un-american-race-focused-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Lawmaker Blasts Biden Diversity Chief for \u201cUn-American\u201d Race-Focused Hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-lawmaker-blasts-biden-diversity-chief-for-un-american-race-focused-hiring%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1947291&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Former ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley speaks after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken(L) announced that she would be the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-washington-blm-alliance-begins-lobbying-state-legislature-demands-gov-inslee-declare-racism-a-public-health-crisis\/\" title=\"New \u2018Washington BLM Alliance\u2019 Begins Lobbying State Legislature, Demands Gov. Inslee Declare Racism A Public Health Crisis\">chief diversity officer<\/a> in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, DC on April 12, 2021.<\/h2>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.example.com\/image.jpg\" alt=\"Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley\" \/><br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Examining the Fiscal Year 24 State Department Diversity Equity Inclusion and Accessibility Budget\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gfc_AoaBI4M?start=1364&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n  <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<h3>A Republican lawmaker criticizes State Department&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/should-this-author-change-careers-and-become-a-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-counselor-its-a-remarkably-lucrative-job\/\" title=\"Author considering career change to DEI counseling for high earnings potential.\">diversity hiring practices<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>    A Republican lawmaker said the State Department\u2019s diversity chief has created an &#8220;inherent quota system&#8221; for hiring based on race, and compared it to choosing employees by physical characteristics such as height and baldness.\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<h3>Lawmaker questions diversity chief during hearing<\/h3>\n<p>  Rep. Brian Mast (R., Fla.), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee&#8217;s oversight and accountability subcommittee, grilled the agency&#8217;s outgoing &#8220;diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility&#8221; director Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley over her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-blasts-biden-diversity-chief-for-un-american-race-focused-hiring\/\" title=\"GOP lawmaker criticizes Biden's diversity chief for race-focused hiring, deeming it \"un-American.\"\">race-related hiring policies<\/a> during a hearing on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n  &#8220;Is baldness\u2014somebody that looks like me\u2014does that make you a better diplomat?&#8221; asked Mast, a double-amputee Army veteran who is also bald. &#8220;If somebody\u2019s 5\u20198 like me or 6\u20193, like somebody else, does it make them a better diplomat?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n  Abercrombie-Winstanley laughed at the questions before responding, &#8220;No, I do not believe so.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<h3>Controversy surrounding diversity chief&#8217;s tenure<\/h3>\n<p>  The heated exchange came as Abercrombie-Winstanley is wrapping up her controversial, two-year tenure as diversity chief, and as the State Department prepares to choose her successor. Republicans have criticized Abercrombie-Winstanley for focusing on race and gender in hiring, with Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2022\/10\/21\/gina-abercrombie-winstanley-state-department-diversity-inclusion-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2022\/10\/21\/gina-abercrombie-winstanley-state-department-diversity-inclusion-biden\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1686850694822000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0ymgw2bXbY8a54i1rlRsZH\">calling<\/a> her policies &#8220;brazen discrimination.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n  Abercrombie-Winstanley has said she holds &#8220;diversity&#8221; as a top consideration for employee recruitment, arguing in an <a href=\"https:\/\/afsa.org\/office-diversity-and-inclusion-turns-one-interview-ambassador-gina-abercrombie-winstanley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/afsa.org\/office-diversity-and-inclusion-turns-one-interview-ambassador-gina-abercrombie-winstanley&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1686850694822000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1U8Q4BmQnMYuI6-rrlstZA\">interview<\/a> last year that when State Department officials are &#8220;putting together panels of officers to consider for positions, that list better be diverse.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n  Mast said the race of candidates shouldn\u2019t matter in hiring, calling it &#8220;un-American.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n  &#8220;It shouldn\u2019t matter that I\u2019m half Mexican. It shouldn\u2019t matter whether I\u2019m able-bodied or ambulatory or not ambulatory,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That doesn\u2019t have anything to do with what my background is, that I served in these operations in the military, that I gained these skills.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n  He added that diversity &#8220;can\u2019t be the number one filter because it does create an inherent bias, an inherent quota system&#8221; in hiring.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n  Abercrombie-Winstanley was testifying before the subcommittee about the State Department\u2019s diversity budget for fiscal year 2024.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley speaks after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken(L) announced that she would be the first chief diversity officer in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, DC on April 12, 2021. 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