A senior vice president at Disney revealed the company regularly engages in discriminatory hiring practices where white males are avoided for certain positions in favor of “diverse” candidates.
The revelations came to light in a new video by journalist James O’Keefe’s “O’Keefe Media Group,” where senior vice president and team lead of business affairs at The Walt Disney Company Michael Giordano told undercover journalists white men are frequently dismissed for roles given to minority hires in the name of diversity, equity and inclusion.
BREAKING: Senior Vice President at The Walt Disney Company details discriminatory hiring practices: "Nobody else is going to tell you this, but they're not considering any white males for the job," says Michael Giordano, a Vice President of Business affairs, "there’s no way we’re… pic.twitter.com/IMOsFOLKro
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 20, 2024
According to the exec, he’d personally been on the receiving end of such discrimination, being passed up for jobs and being told, “Nobody else is going to tell you this, but they’re not considering any white males for the job…there’s no way we’re hiring a white male.”
Giordano also told OMG journalists the company uses “code words and buzzwords” in efforts to circumvent discrimination laws, and he also claimed the company gives bonuses to executives who hire and retain DEI hires.
Additionally, the exec revealed the company at one point also passed on a DEI candidate because they didn’t look black enough.
The video ends with O’Keefe confronting Giordano face-to-face and chasing him down the road for an interview.
Following the sting Giordano evidently deleted his linked in account (which listed his pronouns).
JUST IN: @Disney Senior VP, Michael Giordano, removes his LinkedIn page after being caught by O'Keefe Media Group discussing how Disney practices discriminatory hiring processes. pic.twitter.com/6wlmNCzEOr
— O’Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) June 20, 2024
Responding to the X owner Elon Musk commented, “Wow,” and shared the tweet with the caption, “This is messed up.”
BREAKING: @elonmusk responds, "Wow," & "This is messed up," to our first release of The Disney Tapes after Senior VP at Walt Disney, Michael Giordano explains @Disney's discriminatory hiring practices. pic.twitter.com/KgO2AU3E1c
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 20, 2024
The exposé is part one of an investigation by OMG into Disney’s woke policies, dubbed “The Disney Tapes.”
