Blum Group Gets Diversity Recruiter to Alter Candidate Criteria

Jopwell Inc., an employee recruiting platform that said it catered to “Black, Latinx, and Native American students and professionals” agreed to change the wording on its website to clarify that everyone can use its services.

The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Delaware by Edward Blum’s American Alliance for Equal Rights, an anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion group that’s been on a legal crusade to topple private-sector diversity initiatives. AAER alleged that Jopwell violated the federal civil rights law that prohibits racial discrimination in contracts by targeting its offerings to people exclusively on the basis ...