Alabama is facing a lawsuit brought by a legal advocacy group, led by conservative activist Edward Blum, challenging the state’s “racial quota” for its Real Estate Appraisers Board.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama by the American Alliance for Equal Rights, is part of a wave of litigation challenging diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
The Alabama Real Estate Appraisers Board regulates real estate appraisers. “From the time of its enactment in 1990, the statute creating AREAB included a racial quota, requiring that two of the nine board members ‘shall be of ...
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