REVLON CEO accused of making “anti-Semitic” statements, sued for discrimination!! GASP!!!!! Tim Wise says the entire company should be “destroy[ed]” and go “bankrupt.”
The CEO of Revlon is a bigoted bully who hates “dirty” Americans, thinks Jews “stick together” and believes he can “smell” black people when they walk into a room, according to a new lawsuit.
The beauty company’s boss, Lorenzo Delpani, made the ugly comments after taking over in 2013, according to a discrimination suit filed by Revlon’s former top scientist, Alan Meyers, who says he was ostracized because of his Jewish heritage.
Delpani, a native of Italy, told Meyers he was “shocked” there weren’t more Jews at the company because the biggest shareholder is Ron Perelman, a prominent Jewish American, according to the suit.
“Jews stick together,” Delpani quipped. He also allegedly added that “thankfully,” Perelman “is not like that anymore.”
Delpani also said that he hates living among Americans, whom he called “small-minded” and “dirty,” and that he can’t wait to get back to a “real” country, according to court papers filed this week.
He later allegedly went on an “anti-American tirade” in which he said the US is getting closer to being like ISIS.
Meyers also claims Delpani made a racist comment after a meeting in South Africa, when he said he “could smell a black person when he entered a room.”
I came across this story through Tim Wise’s Facebook. Here was his reaction:
After reading the article, Wise’s reaction seems a bit extreme if you ask me. Wise is always speaking out against anti-black racism, but I’ve never seen him or any other white liberal have this type of reaction in response to the discriminatory employment & business practices, policies and procedures of companies that exclude qualified African Americans, people of color and other protected groups from equal opportunities both in and outside the American workplace. I guess the reason why he took such offense to this particular story, is because Wise is also “Jewish”…
Source: Lorenzo Delpani. “Revlon CEO Rips Blacks, Jews, Hates ‘Dirty’ Americans: Bias Suit.” NY Post. January 1, 2015. http://nypost.com/2015/01/01/revlon-ceo-rips-blacks-jews-us-bias-suit/.
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