Some pretty racist activity has been going on behind closed doors at AT&T, at least according to a $100 million discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee.
A (now former) AT&T employee of 30 years is accusing Aaron Slator, President of Content and Ad Sales for AT&T and head of U-verse, of being racist and AT&T knowing and doing nothing about it. She claims Slator’s former assistant was transferring data from his old cellphone to a new one when she came across a text to one of Slator’s friends that allegedly had a picture of an African child with the caption, “It’s Friday N****s.” Slator allegedly sent it to a friend with the message, “Oldie but goodie.” It appears now that since the lawsuit has gained a lot of media attention, Slator has finally been reprimanded.
Via Huffington Post
AT&T has confirmed that it has fired Aaron Slator, a president who became the subject of a $100 million discrimination lawsuit for using his work phone to send racially offensive images.
AT&T said in a statement that Slator has been terminated, saying that there is no place for demeaning behavior within the company. The company says it regretted not taking the action earlier.
On Monday, Knoyme (NOH-mee) King, a 50-year-old black woman who worked for Slator, filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Slator, the company and its CEO, Randall Stephenson.
King’s lawyer, Skip Miller, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the suit will continue and alleged that racism permeates the company. He said its board of directors was aware of the offensive images for over a year.
