Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-MN) government in Minnesota plans to discriminate in hiring with a new policy next month that requires “hiring justifications” if someone from a “non-underrepresented” group is hired.

The policy is live on the Minnesota Department of Human Services website, having been issued on July 1 and taking effect on Aug. 12. It reads as follows: “Hiring supervisors must provide a hiring justification when seeking to hire a non-underrepresented candidate when hiring for a vacancy in a job category with underrepresentation.” Its stated purpose is “to ensure DHS meets affirmative action responsibilities to comply with state statutes and must increase the diversity of its workforce to reflect and effectively serve its client base.”

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Employees who do not adhere to this policy will face “disciplinary action, up to and including termination.” The policy’s deeper details include mandatory interviews of at least three “underrepresented candidates” for job openings, singling out underrepresented candidates at the beginning of the hiring process, and requiring departments to provide “objective reasons for selecting a non-underrepresented candidate over the most qualified underrepresented candidate” if a non-underrepresented candidate is hired.

The “protected groups” that make up the “underrepresented” definition are “females, persons with disabilities, and members of the following minorities: Black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaskan native.” That means, of course, that if a department hires a white man, it must issue a “justification” for daring to choose him over any designated diversity, equity, and inclusion candidates, or else the person who hired the white man will be fired.

Elsewhere on the Minnesota Department of Human Rights website, we are assured, “Several federal laws provide similar anti-discrimination protections in employment as the Minnesota Human Rights Act. It is important for employers to understand and comply with both state and federal laws.”

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Apparently, Minnesota has decided there should be an exception where extra paperwork must be filed to “justify” hiring a white man, and departments must reserve at least three interview slots for minority candidates.

There is no way to view this policy other than as discrimination. It makes it more onerous for agencies to hire white men and gives special privileges, including guaranteed interviews, to “underrepresented candidates.” This is the kind of discrimination that is sanctioned by Democrats such as Walz, all in the name of DEI.