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The law firm America First Legal (AFL) has filed a civil rights complaint against the San Francisco 49ers with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for alleged discriminatory hiring practices.
The complaint, filed Tuesday, accuses the organization of engaging in “unlawful race- and sex-based hiring and employment practices under the banner of ‘DEI.'”
The complaint points to alleged recruiting channels targeting racially restricted demographic groups, employee resource groups, and participation in minority-only training scholarships, arguing the practices violate Title VII.
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“Sports are supposed to be the ultimate meritocracy where talent, skill and preparation determine success. The 49ers have abandoned that tradition, relying on race and sex rather than merit to decide winners and losers,” AFL lawyer Will Scolinos told Pak Gazette Digital.
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Pak Gazette Digital has reached out to the 49ers for comment.
The AFL previously filed a similar complaint against the Los Angeles Dodgers over their hiring practices.
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The AFL Dodgers’ complaint claims that the employment practices of the team and its ownership group, Guggenheim Partners, are discriminatory because, “even when inclusive terminology is used,” it is used “to segregate or classify employees or applicants for employment in ways that would deprive or tend to deprive individuals of employment, training or promotion because of their race, color, sex or national origin.”
Earlier this year, President donald trump signed executive orders aimed at rolling back DEI initiatives, and one of them includes directives for federal agencies to combat DEI in the private sector.
