{"id":2281716,"date":"2024-06-22T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-disney-exec-admits-company-openly-discriminates-against-white-males-in-spoken-agreement\/"},"modified":"2024-06-22T12:41:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T16:41:14","slug":"watch-disney-exec-admits-company-openly-discriminates-against-white-males-in-spoken-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-disney-exec-admits-company-openly-discriminates-against-white-males-in-spoken-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Disney Exec. Admits Company Openly Discriminates Against White Males in &#8216;Spoken&#8217; Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-disney-exec-admits-company-openly-discriminates-against-white-males-in-spoken-agreement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2281716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Undercover \u2062investigator \u200dJames O\u2019Keefe \u200dhas\u200c released\u200d a video in which Michael Giordano, a Disney executive identified as the president of the \u2064company&#8217;s 20th Century\u2063 Television division,\u2064 allegedly states that Disney discriminates\u200b against hiring\u200c white men. The video, captured by an O&#8217;Keefe operative, showcases\u2064 Giordano discussing Disney&#8217;s\u200c <a title=\"President of Taxpayer-Funded Antiracist Group Funneled Nearly 0K to Husband\u2019s Law Firm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-of-taxpayer-funded-antiracist-group-funneled-nearly-300k-to-husbands-law-firm\/\">hiring policies<\/a> in a social setting,\u200b indicating\u200c that these policies are sometimes openly acknowledged \u2062within the company. The revelation has contributed to ongoing discussions about Disney&#8217;s perceived &#8220;woke&#8221; corporate culture, which \u200dhas included public clashes with political figures and incorporation of LGBT themes into their productions. The footage has led \u2062to\u200c bad PR for\u2064 Disney, further fueling debates around <a title=\"Biden To Nominate Privacy Advocate for FTC Leadership Spot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-nominate-privacy-advocate-for-ftc-leadership-spot\/\">corporate practices<\/a> and cultural impacts in \u200dAmerica&#8217;s \u2062entertainment industry. \u2062In response to the video&#8217;s release, Giordano has reportedly taken \u2063a \u2064leave of absence. Additionally, the article touches\u200b on <a title=\"Watch: Israel Shares Bodycam Footage from Gaza Hostage Rescue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-israel-releases-body-camera-footage-of-gaza-hostage-rescue\/\">broader political concerns<\/a> and mentions The\u200d Western Journal&#8217;s call \u200dfor reader support against Big Tech suppression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\"><button id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button><\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\"> News <\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/jsaunders\/%20\">Joe Saunders<\/a> June 22, 2024 at 7:13am<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<section>Undercover investigator James O\u2019Keefe has taken on some big targets in his time, but a video that went live on social media this week sheds a new light on one of the country\u2019s most influential corporations.<\/p>\n<p>In a video captured by an O\u2019Keefe operative, a Disney executive explains the company has corporate culture aimed at discriminating against white men.<\/p>\n<p>And as a white man himself, the Disney veteran said, he\u2019s been told the truth bluntly.<\/p>\n<p>The Disney executive is Michael Giordano, identified by O\u2019Keefe as a \u201cvice president of business affairs.\u201d The Disney news-centric website <a href=\"https:\/\/insidethemagic.net\/2024\/06\/disney-executive-caught-saying-company-wont-hire-white-men-rl1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside the Magic<\/a> identifies him as the president of the company\u2019s 20th Century Television division.<\/p>\n<p>(His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michael-giordano-25246386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn profile<\/a> has either been made private or deleted. It identified him, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamesOKeefeIII\/status\/1803844302247989279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">O\u2019Keefe screen shot<\/a>, as \u201cSenior Vice President and Team Lead, Business Affairs, 20th Century Television at The Walt Disney Company.\u201d In short, he wasn\u2019t a summer intern.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Senior Vice President at The Walt Disney Company details discriminatory hiring practices: \u201cNobody else is going to tell you this, but they\u2019re not considering any white males for the job,\u201d says Michael Giordano, a Vice President of Business affairs, \u201cthere\u2019s no way we\u2019re\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IMOsFOLKro\">pic.twitter.com\/IMOsFOLKro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James O\u2019Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesOKeefeIII\/status\/1803833834946883901?\">June 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Senior Vice President at The Walt Disney Company details discriminatory hiring practices: &quot;Nobody else is going to tell you this, but they&#39;re not considering any white males for the job,&quot; says Michael Giordano, a Vice President of Business affairs, &quot;there\u2019s no way we\u2019re\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IMOsFOLKro\">pic.twitter.com\/IMOsFOLKro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James O&#39;Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesOKeefeIII\/status\/1803833834946883901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The videos show Giordano in a social setting, over drinks, talking about the Disney world \u2014 and it\u2019s a small-minded world after all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly, there have been times where, \u2018there\u2019s no way we\u2019re hiring a white male for this,&#8217;\u201d Giordano told an O\u2019Keefe operative \u2014 a woman judging by the voice.<\/p>\n<p>When the operative suggested the company\u2019s policy was \u201cunspoken,\u201d Giordano clarified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are times when it\u2019s spoken,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged the company chose its words carefully when speaking to outsiders \u2014 like agents of talent \u2014 but internally it\u2019s a different story.<\/p>\n<p>Giordano said he has friends who work in Disney\u2019s human resources offices who have told him point-blank his sex and his race limit his advancement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been at the company for 11 years now, so I have friends in HR,\u201d he told the O\u2019Keefe operative. \u201cAnd they\u2019re like, \u2018Nobody is going to tell you this, Mike, but they\u2019re not considering any white males for this job. They\u2019re just not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The undoubtedly bad PR that\u2019s going to arise from the O\u2019Keefe sting is just the latest round of it for Disney, which has established a reputation for being \u201cwoke\u201d that stands out even in the leftist world of American entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>From the company\u2019s battles with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-declares-vindicated-disney-concedes-defeat-long-running-legal-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a> over laws passed by the state\u2019s elected representatives, to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disney-inserts-lgbt-jedi-childrens-star-wars-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">willful insertion<\/a> of LGBT material into productions meant for the mainstream American public, Disney has stood out. (The clash with DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-declares-vindicated-disney-concedes-defeat-long-running-legal-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ended badly for Disne<\/a>y. The gay push <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bob-igers-paycheck-doubled-despite-overseeing-one-disneys-worst-years-box-office-failures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hasn\u2019t helped business much<\/a>, either.)<\/p>\n<p>That must have made it an inviting target for O\u2019Keefe, who has built a career taking on some of the largest leftists institutions in American business politics and culture, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/undercover-reporting-faces-attack-one-former-guerrilla-journalist-offers-important-reminder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planned Parenthood<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pfizer-responds-undercover-video-makes-huge-admission-viruses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pharmaceutical giant Pfizer<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leaked-ibm-training-reveals-unhealthy-obsession-demonizing-white-people-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IBM<\/a>, to name just a few.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with a video that appears to offer a look at the internal machinations of the darling of the left that is Disney, O\u2019Keefe is also offering a look at what the left is doing to American culture.<\/p>\n<p>And for many, it no doubt simply confirmed what they already believed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is evil. This is racist. These are Liberals.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bruce Ballou (@_BruceBane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_BruceBane\/status\/1803834035233243483?\">June 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is evil.  This is racist.  These are Liberals.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bruce Ballou \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@_BruceBane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_BruceBane\/status\/1803834035233243483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is evil. This is racist. These are liberals,\u201d as one commenter wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Disney-centric blog \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldofreel.com\/blog\/2024\/6\/21\/disney-senior-vp-takes-leave-of-absence-after-being-caught-saying-theres-no-way-were-hiring-a-white-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World of Reel<\/a>\u201d is reporting that Giordano has taken \u201ca leave of absence\u201d after those comments became public. The blog \u2014 apparently run by an insider \u2014 claims \u201cI\u2019d be shocked if they don\u2019t just quietly fire him for these comments.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undercover investigator James O\u2019Keefe released a video exposing a major corporation, believed to be Disney. 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