Billionaire Robert Kraft’s company, best known for owning the New England Patriots, is under fire for a job posting that appears to discriminate against white applicants on the basis of their race.
The Kraft Group, a holding company that owns the Patriots, the New England Revolution soccer team, and Gillette Stadium where both play, posted a job listing for a Sports Management Associate position that lists having a non-white racial background as a qualification, specifying that it’s looking for a “BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and Person of Color)” individual.
“The goal of this program is to diversify the future of the sports and entertainment management industry by providing opportunity and access to BIPOC candidates connected to the New England community,” the job posting reads.
The Kraft Group claims in the same job posting that it is an “equal opportunity employer” that…
