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Law firm America First Legal (AFL) has filed a civil rights complaint against the San Francisco 49ers with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for alleged discriminatory hiring practices.
The complaint, filed Tuesday, accuses the organization of engaging in “unlawful, race- and gender-based hiring and employment practices under the banner of ‘DEI’.”
The complaint highlights demographically targeted hiring pipelines, racially restricted employee resource groups, and participation in minority-only training fellowships, arguing that these practices violate Title VII.
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“Sports is supposed to be the ultimate meritocracy where talent, skill and preparation determine success. The 49ers have abandoned that tradition, relying on race and gender rather than merit to decide winners and losers,” AFL attorney Will Scolinos told PK Press Club Digital.
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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 the employment practices of the team and its ownership group Guggenheim Partners are discriminatory because, “even when using inclusive terminology,” it is used “to segregate or classify employees or applicants for employment in a manner that would deprive or tend to deprive individuals of employment, training or promotions because of their race, color, sex or national origin.”
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed executive orders aimed at rolling back DEI initiatives, one of which included guidelines for federal agencies to combat DEI in the private sector.
