There's a brewing backlash against DEI in corporate America — and a venture capital fund getting sued for racial bias is now caught in the middle

• VC firm Fearless Fund is being sued by the group behind the Supreme Court affirmative action case.
• The conservative group claims a grant program run by Fearless Fund is racially discriminatory.
• The lawsuit is the latest action intended to challenge and scale back corporate DEI initiatives.   

In the summer of 2020, there appeared to be a turning point. George Floyd had just been murdered by a Minneapolis police officer and protests across the nation erupted in a collective cry for change.