NASCAR Takes Down ‘Blatantly Illegal’ Racial Requirement For Internship After Daily Wire Report

NASCAR removed a racial requirement on their “diversity internship program” that discriminated against white applicants following a report from The Daily Wire.

The stock car racing giant required applicants for an internship program to be a member of specified non-white “minority classifications,” but that provision was removed after experts told The Daily Wire it was “blatantly illegal” discrimination.

“Be a member of one or more of the following races/ethnic minority classifications: Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Latino or Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander,” read the requirement, which no longer appears on the job post.

Screenshot of NASCAR’s “Diversity Internship Program”

NASCAR did not respond to a request for comment.

David Bernstein, a professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia School of Law, told The Daily Wire that the requirement was “blatantly illegal,” explaining that it would “seem to violate Title VII and the 1866 Civil Rights Act.” He said a potential applicant who was unable to apply on the basis of his or her race would have legal standing to sue NASCAR.

Though NASCAR amended the internship requirements, the racing league still has other diversity programs that seem to discriminate on the basis of race.

The internship was part of a larger campaign called “drive for diversity,” which also includes the “driver development program” and the “pit crew development program.”

The two programs are available for “top minority and female drivers” and for “aspiring minority and female pit crew members,” respectively. The programs remain unchanged.

The program requirements stipulate that participants must either be female or a “member of one or more … ethnic minority classifications,” which includes African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Native American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and two or more races.

Jill Biden Tests Positive For COVID Again

First Lady Jill Biden has again been diagnosed with COVID, her office announced on Monday.

“This evening, the First Lady tested positive for COVID-19. She is currently experiencing only mild symptoms,” said her communications director Elizabeth Alexander.

In a separate statement, the White House said President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID after his wife’s positive test.

The first lady will remain at their home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, according to her representative.

Jill Biden, 72, and President Biden, 80, both of whom received COVID vaccines and booster shots, have been doing some traveling together in recent days.

They both tested positive for COVID last year and each underwent “rebound” cases in the weeks that followed.

COVID cases in the United States are reportedly on the rise again as new variants have started to establish themselves.

“I have no home to go to. Secret Service has torn my house up, in a good way, to make it secure. I have no place to go when I go to Delaware except here right now. I'm only here for one day. No I am not homeless, I just have 1 home I have a beautiful home"
– Biden Rehoboth Sunday pic.twitter.com/xlUl3NnNwZ

— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) September 4, 2023

President Biden claimed to reporters on Sunday that he was not on “vacation” despite visiting his beach house in Rehoboth over the weekend.

He departed Delaware on Monday morning and travelled to Philadelphia to celebrate Labor Day. The president later traveled back to Delaware before returning to the White House later in the day.

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