Case 1:13-cv-04578-RMB-JS Document 212 Filed 01/29/15 Page 17 of 123 PagelD: 4200 Specifically, the most disturbing slide shown at the presentation that was prepared and delivered by the late Mike McCormick, Director of Development for the Heartland Region and Tim Lankford who at the time was the corporate Franchisee Recruitment Manager. The slide was entitled "WHO and HOW we find the Franchisee of the future". The offending information was set forth in paragraph No. } as it directed us to "Get out and look for candidates who fit the stores predominant demographic base -Latino, African American, Veteran, Caucasian". The implication of leaving out Asians on the slide, when most of all of our prospective franchisees in our current pipeline were predominately South Asians, was clear to me and it was my impression that it was not lost on anyone in the room. In fact, another Franchise Sales Representative from a western state, who was sitting near me, commented in disbelief "!can 't believe they are actually saying this". To my knowledge, no one in the room was provided hard copies of the slide presentation in order to deliver the message but leave no proof that it had been shown. I was so offended by the obvious discrimination that I raised my iPhone and took a quick shot of the slide from the back of the room while the slide was up. A copy of the slide taken from my iPhone is attached to this Certification. I was devastated and very upset by the slide and it's inferences to bias and discrimination . I told others during the meeting and afterwards that the slide and remarks and/or inferences made during the presentation were very biased and discriminatory. As far as I am concerned the tide at 7-Eleven had undergone a dramatic discriminatory change. While I had, on occasions, heard and witnessed other derogatory anti-Indian comments - and called those out who made those types of comments - this slide was the "icing on the cake" for me. Up until that last national meeting, I knew that I could work to recruit those who demonstrated the ability to qualify using 7-elevens qualification process regardless of their ethnicity. However, after that meeting it became clear to me that there would be double standards, one favoring Caucasian candidates and other candidates whose ethnicity mirrored the neighborhood in which the new 7-Eleven store was planned to be located and one against South Asians.
Case 1:13-cv-04578-RMB-JS Document 212 Filed 01/29/15 Page 17 of 123 PagelD: 4200 Specifically, the most disturbing slide shown at the presentation that was prepared and delivered by the late Mike McCormick, Director of Development for the Heartland Region and Tim Lankford who at the time was the corporate Franchisee Recruitment Manager. The slide was entitled "WHO and HOW we find the Franchisee of the future". The offending information was set forth in paragraph No. } as it directed us to "Get out and look for candidates who fit the stores predominant demographic base -Latino, African American, Veteran, Caucasian". The implication of leaving out Asians on the slide, when most of all of our prospective franchisees in our current pipeline were predominately South Asians, was clear to me and it was my impression that it was not lost on anyone in the room. In fact, another Franchise Sales Representative from a western state, who was sitting near me, commented in disbelief "!can 't believe they are actually saying this". To my knowledge, no one in the room was provided hard copies of the slide presentation in order to deliver the message but leave no proof that it had been shown. I was so offended by the obvious discrimination that I raised my iPhone and took a quick shot of the slide from the back of the room while the slide was up. A copy of the slide taken from my iPhone is attached to this Certification. I was devastated and very upset by the slide and it's inferences to bias and discrimination . I told others during the meeting and afterwards that the slide and remarks and/or inferences made during the presentation were very biased and discriminatory. As far as I am concerned the tide at 7-Eleven had undergone a dramatic discriminatory change. While I had, on occasions, heard and witnessed other derogatory anti-Indian comments - and called those out who made those types of comments - this slide was the "icing on the cake" for me. Up until that last national meeting, I knew that I could work to recruit those who demonstrated the ability to qualify using 7-elevens qualification process regardless of their ethnicity. However, after that meeting it became clear to me that there would be double standards, one favoring Caucasian candidates and other candidates whose ethnicity mirrored the neighborhood in which the new 7-Eleven store was planned to be located and one against South Asians.