Public School HR Director: Black and Trans Teachers Preferred “No Matter What”
An undercover journalist has exposed a California public school HR Director admitting to race-based hiring practices in violation of the state’s and federal laws on discrimination.
An O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) undercover journalist probed Jonathan Ferrer, the HR Director of California’s Summit Public Schools, about the preferred candidate’s race when presented with equally qualified white and black job candidates.
“You get presented with, on equal merits, like a white person or a black person or whatever-,” the journalist asked before the HR Director interrupted him.
“Yeah, we’re going with the black person,” Ferrer said.
“Yeah, no matter what,” the journalist implied.
“Yeah, no matter what,” the HR Director confirmed.
The Summit Public Schools HR Director added that black applicants and transgender-identifying individuals were preferred.
However, selecting a candidate solely based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, or similar attributes violates the U.S. Constitution’s Title VII and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA).
“If it’s a person of color, great. If it’s a trans teacher, great. You know?” He stated.
“And I think it’s culturally, we naturally look for those folks,” he added.
When asked if he would hire a Trump supporter or MAGA person, even by accident, the HR Director said they would probably not.
When asked if they would consider hiring a Trump supporter or MAGA person, even unintentionally, the Summit Public Schools HR Director confirmed that it was unlikely.
“You’re hiring MAGA people for staff sometimes, if it just happens?” The journalist further probed.
“I don’t think we would hire them. I don’t think we would,” he replied.
“Oh my God, I’m talking way too much,” he added.
“I’m feeling so bad. I feel like I’m talking your ear off.”
Additionally, Ferrer is not just an unwilling participant, as he spearheads a DEI program that deals with both students and teachers.
“I lead our DEI efforts in the District, so we have a[n] LGBTQIA+ gender wellness training on Thursday, so I facilitated that.”
OMG’s undercover journalist also asked the Summit Schools HR director if, at certain times, they were looking for “a certain type of person.”
“With the exception, I’ll say what we do look for are, like, dynamics,” Ferrer said.
He further explained that if a certain department was “all white male,” they may “add a person of color somewhere in the mix” to increase diversity. Although he did not explicitly confirm whether they kept records on racial composition, Ferrer later acknowledged that most teachers were “white females.”
However, Ferrer disclosed they have no DEI quotas, although heartbreakingly, they “have a lot of kids that identify as LGBTQ,” hinting at the potential staggering level of brainwashing.
Nonetheless, he admitted that Summit Public Schools had a DEI questionnaire that would eliminate certain types of candidates, such as conservative candidates.
“We do have DEI questions built into our selection process,” Ferrer said.
“And we have a rubric of, obviously, if they say any of these things, this is not someone who’s answering the question the way we’re aligned to answer the question.”
“So if the candidate or teacher is like, ‘Well, I want to make sure that they [children] learn about conservative values, bla …”
“If they say that during the interview, that’s probably not what we are looking for.”
Meanwhile, Summit Public Schools denies those allegations, saying it was “committed to being an equal opportunity employer” and maintaining a discrimination-free team in accordance with all applicable laws.
“Any allegations of discriminatory conduct or verified misconduct are taken seriously and addressed through established internal procedures,” the school district’s Government Affairs Manager, Valeria Torres, stated.
Still, the HR Director may have said the quiet part out loud — something that is rarely admitted so bluntly in most DEI-oriented institutions.
Meanwhile, O’Keefe Media Group had previously exposed allegations of similar discriminatory practices at casino giant MGM Resorts, after Albie Velarde, the establishment’s Marketing Director in Springfield, MA, said they would “Probably Hire the African American” and “not going to hire them [whites].”