The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it has taken legal action against Nike as part of an anti-white discrimination investigation.
The EEOC is seeking a court order to compel Nike to hand over information about its diversity, equity and inclusion objectives and policies, the office said Wednesday.
The Trump administration said it is looking into whether Nike engaged in a “pattern or practice of disparate treatment” against white people in hiring, promotions, demotions and terminations, as well as internship and career-development programs.
Among the information the commission is seeking via subpoena is the criteria Nike used to select employees for layoffs, how it used employee race and ethnicity data and details related to 16 diversity, equity and inclusion programs that offered mentoring and career-development opportunities based on race.
The EEOC said on Wednesday that it filed for a federal court to enforce the subpoena after Nike did not share all of the requested information.
The EEOC’s investigation is part of a broader campaign by the Trump administration to crack down on DEI programs, which it says intentionally discriminate against white men. The EEOC launched an effort to urge white men to file discrimination claims last year, which Vice President JD Vance lauded on social media.
“A lot of people think ‘DEI’ is lame diversity seminars or racial slogans at NFL games. In reality, it was a deliberate program of discrimination primarily against white men,” Vance said in a December X post.
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