the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Essex County NJ, Superior Court Judge Jeffrey B. Beacham denied the motion by the State of New Jersey and the State’s Office of the Attorney General seeking to partially dismiss a race discrimination case filed by three attorneys in the office.
The case, filed by the Morristown law firm Niedweske Barber, alleges systemic race discrimination in hiring, treatment, retention, promotion and compensation. Judge Beacham also ruled that the OAG must provide discovery relating to the treatment of minorities in the office that it has repeatedly refused to produce.
The allegations of unequal pay mirror statistics from around the country that Black employees are paid less.
“Our clients are phenomenally qualified, distinguished and experienced attorneys,” said lead attorney, Linda Niedweske. “But for over a decade they had the humiliating experience of watching less-qualified white lawyers either start above them, or climb the ladder right on by them.”
The three plaintiffs, Diane Scott, Phillip Dowdell, and Denise Hollingsworth have all worked in the office for more than 10 years. They allege that less-experienced, less-qualified, non-Black lawyers had been given preferential treatment, better pay and promotions. The case was filed in May 2017, when only 44 out of the office’s 700 attorneys were Black.
The plaintiffs’ lawyers note that the OAG has consistently fought against providing discovery and shown little interest in looking at the allegations with an open mind.
“It’s the hostility that I can’t understand,” continued Niedweske. “The case was filed under the Christie administration, so with the new Governor and AG, I had hoped, maybe naively, for a kindred commitment to due process, a willingness to allow the evidence to lead us to justice. Instead, we have been fought tooth and nail, every step of the way. You expect this from big corporations, you don’t expect this from the office tasked with protecting the rights of New Jerseyans.”
In a granting of Niedweske Barber’s motion to compel, Judge Beacham ruled that the state had to comply and turn over certain, basic discovery requests for: disparate impact statistics, comparator Information, and standard performance reviews.
Judge Beacham also ordered the State to produce to him the entire independent evaluation of race discrimination allegations presented to the OAG in 2016. Despite repeated requests, the OAG has fought to withhold three thousand pages of the four thousand page investigation.
“Ultimately, the AG’s clients are the people of New Jersey and I think the people of this state are more concerned with rooting out systemic racism than covering it up,” Niedweske said. “All we want is to get justice for our clients as quickly as possible so they can move forward with their lives. If that leads to a fairer, more equitable agency in our justice system, every resident of New Jersey will be all the better for it.”
After hearing Judge Beacham’s decision, the State requested a stay of the Judge’s Order, giving themselves a week’s pause to decide whether they will appeal the judge’s decision and prolong this process even more.
Oh the irony
Meanwhile Ridgewood schools continue to implement and teach an anti-white agenda under the guise of “diversity”.
From the superintendent:
“The district has been moving forward with its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative, an integral component of the culture branch of the strategic plan. A detailed action plan was developed for how to achieve specific goals and objectives. Early in this process, additional holidays (Eid, Lunar New Year, and Diwali) were added to the calendar. The administrative team has read and discussed White Fragility as part of the summer administrative retreat and are currently reading Caste.
Third Culture People (3CP) has provided professional development to approximately 70 staff members, focusing on understanding cultural values and CQ competencies, as well as how to apply this knowledge. As part of this collaboration with 3CP, a staff DEI subcommittee will be formed to help determine priorities and actionable steps.
Several teachers in year 3 of the New Teacher Induction Program have chosen leadership projects that align with the district’s DEI initiative, including a classroom library audit, analysis of the K-5 music curriculum to assess DEI integration, and enhancing practices with English Language Learners.
Individual departments have also established DEI goals. English teacher Patricia Hans has participated in summer training in this area for the past two years, and she has provided professional development for our social students and English teachers at the November PD Day.
The Travell DEI Committee has been active, and they have shared an extensive list of resources for possible consideration during the curriculum review process. A new high school elective, the Philosophy of Race, is being offered next year.”
Your children are being indoctrinated to hate themselves if they are white and told that their values , history and culture are wrong. This is NOT about inclusion, it IS about diminishing and controlling the majority population. Your children are being indoctrinated against you and you blindly (and in many cases happily) pay for your own demise.
Well people we have a racial problem in the village. There’s favoritism, and soon the story Will rise to the top. Just a matter of time.
Keep pushing this bullshit…
Keep it up.
You can’t produce it on your own so now it has to be a racial issue.
Losers…
“Well people we have a racial problem in the village. There’s favoritism, and soon the story Will rise to the top. Just a matter of time.” Stop you bullshit.
Why would some individual put thumbs down. Are you one of those hypocrites. We are telling you that we have a rising problem, you must be a racial bitch.
There are opportunities for all citizens of this country. The stronger performers will always sprint past the others so if you’re feeling it’s the color of your skin holding you back, why stay 10 years or more there? Let’s cut the crap with it using the race card because you suck!