Just one week after showing how committed he was to exploiting the black community, IAC chief Barry Diller has been slapped with a race discrimination lawsuit.
Diller, who just celebrated a courtroom victory over Liberty Media’s John Malone, is being targeted by a former Home Shopping Network employee, Armanda Vernon, who says “she was turned down for numerous internal jobs despite being well-qualified” and that “her treatment fit a pattern of anti-black treatment at HSN.” Meanwhile, a spokesperson for IAC told Page Six “Vernon filed a charge of race discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in May, and they found insufficient evidence to support her allegations.”
Can Diller’s company really be guilty of racist employment practices when it just launched Rushmore Drive, the black search engine that makes it easier for African-Americans to find soul food Thanksgiving recipes?
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