A on line casino advertising director for the MGM Resorts in Springfield, Massachusetts, mentioned he overtly discriminates in opposition to whites in the course of the hiring course of.
“Regardless of how nice they [Whites] look on paper, they don’t match effectively with my staff,” Albie Velarde, the Director of On line casino Advertising and marketing at MGM Springfield informed 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 studies.
Velarde mentioned, “At a [MGM] property stage, HR sends us, each month once 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 studies affect hiring choices, in line with Velarde: “Hey guys, we’re shedding all of our feminine workforce. Let’s strive, , let’s put extra females via the pipeline.”
Velarde additionally informed the undercover journalist that they take race and gender under consideration when hiring staff to switch others who’ve left the corporate.
“So like if I lose one in every of my feminine hosts, I’d attempt to substitute 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 substitute her with any individual who’s, in some capability, that tradition.”
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“Regardless of how nice they [Whites] look on paper, they do not match effectively 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 replicate the corporate’s insurance policies or practices,” MGM Resorts mentioned.
JUST IN: MGM Resorts (@MGMResortsIntl) has offered 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 replicate the corporate’s insurance policies or practices.” https://t.co/z7LkLbDuVr pic.twitter.com/dvbo5jTH3j
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) March 20, 2025
