Posted on 08/28/2022 4:10:44 PM PDT by george76
The former employee alleges 'anti-racism' policies at American Express fostered 'tremendous animosity'
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A former American Express employee filed a class-action complaint .. alleging that the credit card company exhibited "callous indifference" to civil rights law by terminating him because he is White and spoke out against its "racially discriminatory" policies.
Brian Netzel, who worked a decade for Amex until he was terminated in 2020 .. he sued the company on behalf of himself and potentially thousands of other similarly situated employees
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The lawsuit alleges that amid the racial tensions roiling the U.S. in 2020, Amex implemented "anti-racism" policies throughout its corporate structure that "gave preferential treatment to individuals for being Black and unambiguously signaled to White employees that their race was an impediment to getting ahead in the company."
Netzel said such policies fostered a workplace rife with "a tremendous amount of animosity" in which White employees were unfairly punished or passed over for promotions, while some Black employees were promoted merely to meet racial quotas and employees were encouraged to "root out in McCarthy-era fashion people who didn't agree with this overall philosophy."
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CEO Stephen Squeri reportedly engaged in "what amounted to an emotional tirade against police, against systemic racism in the U.S. and within American Express."
"He made it clear that you needed to fight this with him, or you needed to find another place to work," Netzel said of Squeri...
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The lawsuit's claims echo previous allegations of discrimination Amex has faced. In 2021, five current and former employees told FOX Business on condition of anonymity that the company engaged in "reverse discrimination" against White employees, barring them from promotions and steeping the workplace in the tenets of critical race theory. Amex categorically denied the accusations at the time.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxbusiness.com ...
I choose to leave the TV in the OFF state unless performing as a display device for my Bluray player. The TV media lost my attention in 1999.
I had lots of fun traveling with my AMEX,but once I retired I cancelled it. Already been everywhere I wanted to go.
Everyone should cancel their cards now, no matter. how old.
“...Everyone should cancel their cards now...”
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Why?
Ping
Good. I hope they take them to the cleaners.
Scratch a ruthless tyrant and find a dweeb.
He may not be ghey but he sure looks like he has seen one up close.
Whatever team he’s on, he needs to get ’em whitened if he’s going to display his teeth like that.
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