Legal Nonprofit Files Complaint Against BlackRock’s ‘Racist’ Hiring Practices

Young Socialists Switzerland (JUSO) activists take part in a protest against U.S. investment company BlackRock calling for a climate tax on the rich, on the eve of the WEF annual meeting in Davos, on Jan. 15, 2022. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

America First Legal Foundation (AFL) filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to ask them to open an investigation into BlackRock for engaging in what they called “unlawful” and “racist” employment practices.

Vice President and General Counsel at AFL Gene P. Hamilton sent a letter to the EEOC Director of New York District Office Judy Keenan requesting her office investigate BlackRock for a variety of their employment policies that appear to violate federal laws, including with BlackRock Founders Scholarship.