A on line casino advertising director for the MGM Resorts in Springfield, Massachusetts, mentioned he brazenly discriminates towards whites throughout the hiring course of.
“Regardless of how nice they [Whites] look on paper, they don’t match nicely with my staff,” Albie Velarde, the Director of On line casino Advertising at MGM Springfield instructed an undercover OMG journalist.
“I’ll purposefully search for these diverse-based hires,” he admitted.
Albie Velarde additionally revealed that MGM intently tracks the racial make-up of its workforce with HR offering month-to-month reviews.
Velarde mentioned, “At a [MGM] property stage, HR sends us, each month after they ship us our turnover abstract of the month, they’ll level out this month we misplaced this quantity of females versus males.”
These turnover abstract reviews affect hiring choices, based on Velarde: “Hey guys, we’re dropping all of our feminine workforce. Let’s attempt, you already know, let’s put extra females via the pipeline.”
Velarde additionally instructed the undercover journalist that they take race and gender into consideration when hiring workers to switch others who’ve left the corporate.
“So like if I lose one in all my feminine hosts, I’d attempt to change her with a feminine,” Velarde mentioned. “Selena, she’s my Vietnamese host, she’s very reserved, she’s very quiet. However that’s her tradition. I’d change her with someone who’s, in some capability, that tradition.”
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MGM On line casino Advertising Director: ‘I am not going to rent Whites,’ Favors Candidates Based mostly on DEI Ideas: “I might In all probability Rent the African American”
“Regardless of how nice they [Whites] look on paper, they do not match nicely with my staff.”
“I’ll purposefully search for these… pic.twitter.com/yJYFeNRvYg
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) March 20, 2025
MGM Resorts responded to the O’Keefe Media Group’s request for remark.
“This particular person didn’t have hiring authority throughout his employment at MGM Springfield and these feedback don’t mirror the corporate’s insurance policies or practices,” MGM Resorts mentioned.
JUST IN: MGM Resorts (@MGMResortsIntl) has supplied the next assertion to O’Keefe Media Group:
“This particular person didn’t have hiring authority throughout his employment at MGM Springfield and these feedback don’t mirror the corporate’s insurance policies or practices.” https://t.co/z7LkLbDuVr pic.twitter.com/dvbo5jTH3j
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) March 20, 2025
