AFL just sued CBS Broadcasting and its parent company, Paramount Global, for allegedly engaging in employment discrimination against a decorated U.S. Navy combat veteran.
Details below 🧵
Details below 🧵
/2 AFL filed the lawsuit against CBS Broadcasting and Paramount Global for allegedly violating California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) by unlawfully discriminating against AFL’s client because of his race, sex, and military service status.
/3 AFL’s client is a white, heterosexual male and veteran who served as a combat cameraman and reconnaissance expert in the U.S. Navy for more than a decade.
He received numerous commendations for his service, including:
🎖️ Joint Service Commendation Medal
🎖️ Iraq Campaign Medal
🎖️ Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal
After retiring from the military, AFL’s client began working as a videographer at CBS in 2018.
He received numerous commendations for his service, including:
🎖️ Joint Service Commendation Medal
🎖️ Iraq Campaign Medal
🎖️ Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal
After retiring from the military, AFL’s client began working as a videographer at CBS in 2018.
/4 In April 2023, AFL’s client was told that when a video editor position opened, he would be the first on the list to be hired.
However, in June 2023, CBS began recruiting for a full-time editor, and he was not considered for the position.
However, in June 2023, CBS began recruiting for a full-time editor, and he was not considered for the position.
/5 When AFL’s client asked the hiring manager why he was excluded from consideration, he was told, “We have too many straight, white men in our department.”
The hiring manager also stated that “a minority, female hire was needed to balance things out.”
The hiring manager also stated that “a minority, female hire was needed to balance things out.”
/6 CBS subsequently hired a Hispanic female with considerably less experience than AFL’s client for the position.
/7 CBS and Paramount have repeatedly promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and practices, including a policy of anti-male and anti-white discrimination.
/8 Further, Paramount claims to use “data” and “scientific rigor” to “transform” its “creative ecosystem” into a DEI propaganda operation.
This discrimination appears to be systemic.
This discrimination appears to be systemic.
/9 AFL has previously filed two lawsuits against CBS for alleged discrimination, suing CBS in February 2024 for alleged racial discrimination:
/10 And in July 2024 for allegedly terminating an Emmy Award-winning news anchor for not fitting into a favored hiring group quota — nonwhite, LGBTQ, or female:
/11 AFL is committed to relentlessly fighting to protect the civil rights of all Americans and demolish illegal DEI practices across corporate America.
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