Major League Baseball is the latest to face accusations from a conservative legal advocacy group that it’s engaging in race and sex discrimination by running diversity programs aimed to support minorities and women within its workforce.
In a letter to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, America First Legal Foundation, a group led by former Trump advisor Stephen Miller, said that the MLB’s website publicizes several “facially unlawful employment and contracting programs” that go against the sports league’s commitment to not discriminate against any individual.
These programs include the “MLB Diversity Pipeline Program,” for front-office and on-field baseball operations roles, ...
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