Anheuser-Busch is facing a civil rights complaint related to its programs aimed toward hiring and providing scholarships to women and minorities.
America First Legal, which is led by senior members of the Trump administration, sent a letter to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the world’s largest brewing company is engaged in discriminatory hiring practices.
The group claimed that companies are using the ‘cloak of equity’ to ‘proudly discriminate based on race, color, national origin, and sex in their employment practices,’ according to the letter obtained by DailyMail.com.
The accusations come amid a firestorm surrounding transgender social media star Dylan Mulvaney promoting Bud Light in a recent TikTok video, leading to a slew of criticism aimed at the beer and its parent company.
AFL, whose president and CEO is former Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller, sent a complaint letter to the St. Louis, Missouri office for EEOC requesting an investigation into Anheuser-Busch’s programs.
America First Legal has filed a civil rights complaint against Anheuser-Busch alleging it engages in discriminatory hiring and job-training programs – including promoting jobs and scholarships for minority individuals only
The latest comes after backlash involving Bud Light, a subsidiary beer company of Anheuser-Busch, using transgender social media star Dylan Mulvaney to promote their beer traditionally bought by rural, blue collar Americans
One is the Leadership Accelerator Program, which advertises that it provides ‘formal mentorship, executive interaction, and leadership development curriculum for those who identify with historically underrepresented groups as they join our organization in a full-time capacity.’ It only encourages people of black, Native American and Latino origins to apply.
‘This is not a regular corporate program – rather, the company describes the role as focusing on ‘hiring the next generation of leaders within the North American Sustainability and Procurement department,’ the AFL letter reads. ‘In other words, it is a fast-track program to executive leadership positions at Anheuser- Busch and it is limited to candidates based on race. The proforma Equal Opportunity Employer language at the end of the posting does mask the company’s discriminatory intent and purpose.’
Anheuser-Busch also advertises a race-based scholarship and internship program under Budweiser in partnership with the United Negro College Fund that ‘supports 25 Black college students’ interested in the brewing industry.
AFL alleges in its civil rights complaint that these programs are unlawful because ‘Anheuser-Busch is a publicly traded corporation’ that is engaged in discriminating against certain ethnicities and races when it comes to jobs and programs it offers.
‘The evidence is that Anheuser-Busch is knowingly, intentionally, and unlawfully discriminating based on race, color, national origin, and sex with respect to employment and job training opportunities,’ the letter alleges.
AFL wants the EEOC to ‘open a civil rights investigation of Anheuser-Busch’s systemic and discriminatory hiring, promotion, and job-training employment practices.’
AFL, started 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 brewing company
Bud Light, one of the many beers owned by brewing company Anheuser-Busch, sent a can of its iconic light beer to transgender TikToker Dylan Mulvaney to celebrate their 365th day of ‘being a woman.’
This sent Republicans into a frenzy, especially as Bud Light’s Vice President of Marketing Alissa Gordon Heinerscheid said that beer was branding itself away from the ‘frat guy’ drinker to try and promote inclusivity.
Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth issued a public statement Friday after a two-week boycott from conservatives claiming: ‘We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people. We are in the business of bringing 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 transitioning from a male to a female.
The reach of the public backlash even included conservative musician Kid Rock, who posted a video himself shooting cases of Bud Light. Country singers John Rich and Travis Tritt also denounced the brand, which is highly popular among rural, blue collar Americans.
Kid Rock posted a video wearing a white MAGA hat firing his gun at cases of Bud Light
