An anonymous Instagram account that was allowing some current and former employees of Nike to post allegations of racism and mistreatment within the company has vanished and the sports apparel company is saying it had nothing to do with it, according to Business Insider.
The account, Black at Nike, first posted on June 24 and had been populated with more than 70 posts and gained more. than 7,500 followers before it was wiped off the internet. A similar page on Instagram, LGBT at Nike, is also gone.
Before the page was deleted, a representative of Black at Nike described the person behind the account as a “custodian to the people” and said the online space existed to give Black Nike employees a place to share their stories.
Nike denied involvement with the removal of the pages in a statement in a statement to Business Insider: “We have no knowledge of who owns the accounts or why they were taken down.”
Instagram also said it was not responsible for the disappearance of the Black at Nike account via a spokesperson.
“For years, WOC at Nike have been disrespected by white leaders in positions of power,” read a since-delated post from a week ago. “As a WOC working in Nike Sports Marketing, I experienced microaggressions, disrespect, and retaliation for speaking up.”
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