Jabari McDonald was an assistant when an HR manager asked if he’d be willing to fill a space in the video.

McDonald, who has a master’s in film from Columbia University, figured his role would be to sit in the background so the room wouldn’t appear empty https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-05-05/icm-partners-pledged-gender-equity-but-women-say-they-were-mistreated
Instead, he and two other Black support staffers were asked to sit next to a line of white agent-trainees, presenting the appearance they were part of the program when they were not, McDonald said. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-05-05/icm-partners-pledged-gender-equity-but-women-say-they-were-mistreated
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