MGM Casino Marketing Director: ‘I’m not going to hire Whites,’ Favors Candidates Based on DEI Principles: “I’d Probably Hire the African American”

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“I will purposefully look for those diverse-based hires,” revealed Albie Velarde, the Director of Casino Marketing at MGM Springfield, to an undercover OMG Journalist. Velarde admitted, “I’d probably hire the African American,” openly favoring candidates based on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles while excluding white applicants from hiring considerations.

Velarde also revealed that MGM tracks workforce composition closely, with HR providing monthly summaries of gender and racial turnover. He stated, “At a [MGM] property level, HR sends us, every month when they send us our turnover summary of the month, they’ll point out this month we lost this amount of females versus males.” According to him, these reports influence hiring decisions. “Hey guys, we’re losing all of our female workforce. Let’s try, you

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