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An employer’s statements about a successful job candidate’s “minority status, the American Dream, and the value of diversity” were not enough to show that it discriminated against an unsuccessful white candidate, ruled a New Jersey federal court recently.
The case involved two police officers who were interviewing to become the chief of police. One of them, the plaintiff, was a white man. He alleged that the employer wrongfully discriminated against him when they selected a Palestinian Muslim instead of him.
According to the court’s opinion, both men were well qualified, having worked for the employer for several years. As