Anheuser-Busch is accused of ‘racist and sexist’ hiring practices by Trump advisor’s legal group
Anheuser-Busch is facing a civil rights complaint related to its programs aimed at hiring and providing scholarships to women and minorities.
America First Legal, which is led by senior members of the Trump administration, has sent a letter to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the world’s largest brewing company is engaging in discriminatory hiring practices.
The group alleged that companies use the “cloak of equity” to “pridely discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin and gender in their employment practices,” according to the letter obtained by DailyMail.com.
The allegations come amid a storm surrounding transgender social media star Dylan Mulvaney promoting Bud Light in a recent TikTok video, sparking a slew of criticism aimed at the beer and its parent company.
AFL, whose president and CEO is Stephen Miller, a former senior adviser to Trump, sent a letter of complaint to EEOC’s St. Louis, Missouri, office asking for an investigation into Anheuser-Busch’s programs.
America First Legal filed a civil rights complaint against Anheuser-Busch, alleging it engaged in discriminatory hiring and job training programs, including promoting minority-only jobs and grants
The latest comes after backlash that involved Bud Light, a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch’s beer company, engaging transgender social media star Dylan Mulvaney to promote their beer, which is traditionally bought by rural workers.
One is the Leadership Accelerator Program, which advertises that it provides “formal mentorship, interaction with executives, and a leadership development curriculum for those who identify with historically underrepresented groups when they join our organization full-time.” It only encourages people of Black, Native American and Latino descent to apply.
“This is not a regular corporate program — rather, the company describes the role as focused on “hiring the next generation of leaders within the North American Sustainability and Procurement Department,” the AFL letter reads. In other words, it is an accelerated program for executive leadership positions at Anheuser-Busch and it is limited to applicants based on race. The proforma Equal Opportunity Employer language at the end of the posting masks the company’s discriminatory intent and purpose.”
Anheuser-Busch is also promoting a race-based scholarship and internship program under Budweiser in partnership with the United Negro College Fund that “supports 25 Black students” interested in the brewing industry.
In its civil rights complaint, the AFL argues that these programs are illegal because “Anheuser-Busch is a publicly traded company” that engages in discrimination against certain ethnicities and races in the jobs and programs it offers.
“The evidence is that Anheuser-Busch knowingly and unlawfully discriminates on the basis of race, color, national origin and gender with respect to employment and educational opportunities,” the letter said.
The AFL wants the EEOC to “open a civil rights investigation into Anheuser-Busch’s systemic and discriminatory employment practices for hiring, promotion and job training.”
AFL, founded by several senior Trump advisers, filed a complaint with the St. Louis office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the world’s largest brewery
Bud Light, one of many beers from the Anheuser-Busch brewery, sent a can of its iconic light beer to transgender TikToker Dylan Mulvaney to celebrate their 365th day of being a woman.
This caused a frenzy among Republicans, especially when Alissa Gordon Heinerscheid, Bud Light’s vice president of marketing, said beer was separating itself from the “frat guy” drinker to try to promote inclusivity.
Brendan Whitworth, CEO of Anheuser-Busch, issued a public statement Friday following a two-week boycott by conservatives claiming, “It was never our intention to be part of a discussion that divides people. It’s our job to bring people together over a beer.’
Mulvaney posted a video to TikTok on April 1 promoting Bud Light on an account created when they decided to document the transition from male to female.
The range of public backlash even included conservative musician Kid Rock, who himself posted a video recording Bud Light covers. Country singers John Rich and Travis Tritt also denounced the brand, which is very popular among rural American workers.
Kid Rock posted a video wearing a white MAGA hat firing his gun at Bud Light cases