'Self own': Mark Cuban takes down Trump adviser Stephen Miller in feud over Microsoft

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban took the organization of former President Donald Trump's far-right legal adviser Stephen Miller to the shed after they threatened to go after Microsoft for their employment of nonwhite people.

America First Legal, which has made a name for itself by suing any and every government venture they can find that is intended to promote racial equity, reacted after the far-right anti-LGBTQ account LibsOfTikTok, run by Chaya Raichik, claimed that "In Microsoft's official 2023 Diversity & Inclusion report, they openly admit that they are paying white people LESS than other ethnic groups in the name of 'pay equity,'" saying that they filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint against Disney for similar allegations.

"What a self own," Cuban replied to the posts. "You, @libsoftiktok , @elonmusk are all effectively saying that it is inconceivable that various minorities and women could be hired and promoted at @Microsoft, exclusively based on merit and as a result earn the HUGE incremental amount of 3/10th % to 1.2% more than a white person in the same job."

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"There must be a word that describes this perspective, anyone got any suggestions? You are the exact reason why DEI exists," he added.

"Hello there, @mcuban," America First Legal hit back. "It appears as though some remedial education is in order. Please follow this thread for a primer on the law. - Federal law--the Civil Rights Act of 1964, in fact--prohibits discrimination on the basis of race and sex. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1)."

"Hey there @America1stLegal. Where is there any evidence of discrimination in @Microsoft's disclosure?" asked Cuban. "Unless of course you believe that minorities can't be better qualified than white employees? Or maybe you believe that minorities earning more is a prima facie example of reverse discrimination? (Did I use the term correctly. You guys are the lawyers :))"

Cuban followed up after reading the thread they sent him. "'Apparently' is not a justification to get to your conclusion. I could just as easily say 'apparently' First Legal doesn't accept the fact that Microsoft is using a strict meritocracy. Where pay is set equally for any given position. The result being all employees, across all demographics, had total compensation that fell within a 1.9 percent range of the average; Isn't that what First Legal wants? Pay set purely on meritocracy? So when an analysis of all demographics and genders is presented, as Microsoft did, what they are saying is that they do not discriminate at all and here is the proof; Unless maybe you think a 1.9 percent range is unacceptable?"