The O’Keefe Media Group launched undercover video of Jonathan Ferrer, the HR Director for Summit Public Colleges, a constitution community working in California and Washington, admitting to race-based hiring.
Ferrer admitted to violating Title VII, California FEHA (prohibits discrimination) and faculty coverage.
“You get offered with, on equal deserves, like a white particular person or a black particular person or no matter. Yeah, we’re going with the black particular person,” Ferrer advised the undercover OMG reporter.
“Each time there’s a certified candidate and so they occur to determine in another way or current in another way, we’re most likely going with that particular person… That’s what DEI is all about,” Ferrer advised the undercover journalist.
“Now we have one trans trainer in our district, and, so, I feel it’s simply culturally, we simply naturally search for these of us,” he mentioned.
When requested if Summit Public Colleges would ever rent a Trump supporter, Ferrer mentioned, “I don’t suppose we’d rent them.”
“We do have DEI questions constructed into our choice course of,” Ferrer mentioned. “Now we have a rubric… if they are saying any of this stuff, this isn’t somebody who’s answering the query the way in which we’re aligned to reply the query.”
WATCH:
EXCLUSIVE: Summit Public Colleges HR Director Confesses to Violating Title VII, California FEHA, and College Coverage: “We’re Going With the Black Individual… NO MATTER WHAT” in Race-Primarily based Hiring; Admits, “I Don’t Suppose We Would Rent MAGA Folks”
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— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) April 17, 2025
“At Summit Public Colleges, we’re dedicated to being an equal alternative employer. We’re dedicated to sustaining a group that’s free from discriminatory conduct in accordance with all relevant state and federal legal guidelines. We anticipate every worker, together with our Human Sources group, to uphold our dedication. Any allegations of discriminatory conduct or verified misconduct are taken critically and addressed by established inner procedures,” Valeria Torres, Authorities Affairs Supervisor for Summit Public Colleges mentioned in an announcement to OMG.
UPDATE: OMG has obtained an announcement from Valeria Torres, Authorities Affairs Supervisor for Summit Public Colleges, relating to Director of Human Sources Jonathan Ferrer’s feedback:
“At Summit Public Colleges, we’re dedicated to being an equal alternative employer. We’re dedicated… https://t.co/3s2ffZ7nEI pic.twitter.com/37rCNJrnTr
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) April 17, 2025