Disney Sued for Illegal Discrimination in Casting Rules That Mandate 50 Percent of Characters Must Come From ‘Underrepresented Groups’

The legal group led by President Trump’s adviser, Stephen Miller, has published Disney’s ‘Inclusion Standards,’ which impose strict percentages for hiring and staffing from minority groups.

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Disney CEO Bob Iger. Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The New York Times

The Walt Disney Company is being sued by America First Legal, the conservative legal group led by President Trump’s longtime adviser Stephen Miller, for illegally discriminating on the basis of race and sex in its casting decisions as well as in its internal company practices.

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