Senior VP at the Walt Disney Company Details Discriminatory Hiring Practices: ‘They’re Not Considering Any White Males for the Job’

[Excerpt GIORDANO Certainly there ░░░░░░░░ been times where you ░░░░░░░░ there s no way ░░░░░░░░ re hiring a white ░░░░░░░░ for this OMG UNDERCOVER ░░░░░░░░ Just kind of unspoken ░░░░░░░░ There are times when ░░░░░░░░ s spoken but OMG ░░░░░░░░ JOURNALIST How would they ░░░░░░░░ it GIORDANO There s ░░░░░░░░ way we re hiring ░░░░░░░░ white male for this ░░░░░░░░ OMG UNDERCOVER JOURNALIST Like ░░░░░░░░ to you GIORDANO Yeah ░░░░░░░░ UNDERCOVER JOURNALIST Okay GIORDANO ░░░░░░░░ d be very careful ░░░░░░░░ they message that to ░░░░░░░░ O KEEFE According to ░░░░░░░░ videotapes Disney blatantly discriminates ░░░░░░░░ whites white men in ░░░░░░░░ GIORDANO I think I ░░░░░░░░ sort of like well ░░░░░░░░ for it I m ░░░░░░░░ positioned for it But ░░░░░░░░ far as Disney is ░░░░░░░░ I m a white ░░░░░░░░ and that s not ░░░░░░░░ they re looking to ░░░░░░░░ at the moment O ░░░░░░░░ As a white guy ░░░░░░░░ Michael has his own ░░░░░░░░ about the possibility for ░░░░░░░░ for himself at Disney ░░░░░░░░ fact Michael actually got ░░░░░░░░ experience Disney s discrimination ░░░░░░░░ white males first hand ░░░░░░░░ I mean I ve ░░░░░░░░ at the company for ░░░░░░░░ years now so I ░░░░░░░░ friends in HR and ░░░░░░░░ have friends in those ░░░░░░░░ And they re like ░░░░░░░░ nobody else is going ░░░░░░░░ tell you this Mike ░░░░░░░░ they re not considering ░░░░░░░░ white males for this ░░░░░░░░ They re just not ░░░░░░░░ that s not who ░░░░░░░░ want O KEEFE They ░░░░░░░░ passed over a qualified ░░░░░░░░ black person for a ░░░░░░░░ because they didn t ░░░░░░░░ black enough GIORDANO We ░░░░░░░░ to hire somebody in ░░░░░░░░ department a few years ░░░░░░░░ now who was half ░░░░░░░░ but didn t like ░░░░░░░░ half black And there ░░░░░░░░ a creative executive who ░░░░░░░░ like We re not ░░░░░░░░ that s not that ░░░░░░░░ not what s wanted ░░░░░░░░ wanted somebody in meetings ░░░░░░░░ would appear a certain ░░░░░░░░ and he wasn t ░░░░░░░░ bring that to the ░░░░░░░░ It kind of feels ░░░░░░░░ where at some point ░░░░░░░░ s going to be ░░░░░░░░ lawsuit That s kind ░░░░░░░░ how it feels just ░░░░░░░░ of you know O ░░░░░░░░ And that is a ░░░░░░░░ talking So how does ░░░░░░░░ explain pushing these discriminatory ░░░░░░░░ They use code words ░░░░░░░░ buzzwords GIORDANO I m ░░░░░░░░ that there is a ░░░░░░░░ code words and buzzwords ░░░░░░░░ are used to explain ░░░░░░░░ they re looking for ░░░░░░░░ might say something like ░░░░░░░░ re not looking at ░░░░░░░░ usual suspects for this ░░░░░░░░ So it s not ░░░░░░░░ a legally actionable thing ░░░░░░░░ everybody knows what it ░░░░░░░░