{"id":1947873,"date":"2023-06-15T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-blasts-biden-diversity-chief-for-un-american-race-focused-hiring-2\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T10:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:02:37","slug":"gop-lawmaker-blasts-biden-diversity-chief-for-un-american-race-focused-hiring-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-blasts-biden-diversity-chief-for-un-american-race-focused-hiring-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Lawmaker Criticizes Biden&#8217;s Diversity Chief for Race-Focused Hiring, Calls it Un-American."},"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\">24<\/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-2%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=1947873&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;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-blasts-biden-diversity-chief-for-un-american-race-focused-hiring-2\/\" title=\"GOP Lawmaker Criticizes Biden's Diversity Chief for Race-Focused Hiring, Calls it Un-American.\">inherent quota system<\/a>&#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    <strong>Click here<\/strong><br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<h3>Lawmaker questions the impact of physical characteristics on diplomatic abilities<\/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 Blasts Biden Diversity Chief for \u201cUn-American\u201d Race-Focused Hiring\">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  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-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-racing-to-address-232-old-problem-of-entrenched-whiteness\/\" title=\"State Department \u2018Racing\u2019 To Address 232-Old-Problem Of \u2018Entrenched Whiteness\u2019\">abercrombie-winstanley<\/a>-state-department-diversity-inclusion-biden\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221; data-saferedirecturl=&#8221;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&#8221;>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    <strong>Click here<\/strong><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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, former ambassador, becomes the State Department&#8217;s inaugural chief diversity officer. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the announcement in Washington, DC. 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