On Tuesday, AT&T's President of Content and Ad Sales, Aaron Slator, was terminated over a racist meme he sent to a friend via text.
While transferring data from Slator's old phone to a new one, his assistant discovered that he sent an incriminating text message to a friend with an attached meme that contained a dancing African child with the words, "It's Friday N****s." Slator's attached message included the phrase "Oldie but goodie."
A former employee found out about the text and filed a $100 million racial discrimination suit against AT&T. The former employee's lawsuit claimed AT&T knew about the meme, but never took action against Slator. The telecommunications giant has since affirmed, "Aaron Slator has been terminated," adding "There is no place for demeaning behavior within AT&T and we regret the action was not taken earlier."
Check out the slide for the racist meme that got Slator fired.
Source: TMZ
