Michael Bloomberg Allegedly Told New Mom To Find 'Some Black' For A Nanny

[Skya Rhen]

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has long been trailed by accusations of promoting a frat house culture in the workplace, but documents in a 1998 lawsuit reported by The Washington Post contain particularly ugly remarks attributed to the Manhattan billionaire.

Around July 1993 at the financial data company he founded, Bloomberg allegedly browbeat a saleswoman in front of other employees. He’d just heard that the woman was having trouble finding a nanny, according to the lawsuit.

“It’s a fucking baby! All it does is eat and shit! It doesn’t know the difference between you and anyone else! All you need is some Black, who doesn’t even have to speak English, to rescue it from a burning building!” Bloomberg allegedly shouted. The woman, who is not named, “cried at hearing her employer say such things to her, in so public a manner,” the lawsuit stated.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-bloomberg-obama-racial-division_n_5e47289ec5b64433c6167a1d?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

[jmg257]

1. Its OK! He's twitter-kicking trump's ass!

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/michael-bloomberg-nanny-some-black_n_5e483604c5b64433c6173287?utm_hp_ref=ca-us-politics

[42bambi]

6. It seems as if Bloomberg is just in it to trash Trump ... it's working!

[33taw]

2. Bloomberg rises in the polls because he attacks Trump.

[jimfields33]

10. This rise should not be a proud moment for the Democratic Party

[jmg257]

13. Right? Guy is "allegedly" a real ass.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/sekiko-sakai-garrison-v-michael-bloomberg-and-bloomberg-l-p/6d9bea84-4783-4b88-8866-26bddfb14b6d/

pgs 11-14 he's a real sweetheart

[jimfields33]

14. Yep.

[Autumn]

22. Holy shit. That's a bunch of ugly.

[33taw]

23. I think it would behoove the other candidates to take a look at what is working.

It is not attacking each other, but rather attacking Donald Trump.

[33taw]

32. Bloomberg is not one of my top four, but I admire his approach. I hate the attacks on other dems.

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[emmaverybo]

36. +1

[Bradshaw3]

44. Think maybe the $300M ad buys had something to do with that rise?

Just a thought.

[33taw]

45. Did you see the content?

He is attacking Trump or promoting himself. He is not slinging mud at Democratic opponents. I wish others would do that.

[Mz Pip]

3. Allegedly.

🙄

[LuvNewcastle]

40. Yes

Bloomberg allegedly wore blackface and tap danced while singing Swanee. When someone says 'allegedly' I give their statement all the consideration it deserves.

[cwydro]

4. I find this difficult to believe.

Sorry.

[jimfields33]

9. I guess the settlement is denying it?

[cwydro]

12. What settlement?

[jimfields33]

15. See 13. It's kinda gross.

[jmg257]

21. "That suit was settled in 2000; its terms were not disclosed."

From 1996 to 1997, four women filed sexual-harassment or discrimination suits against Bloomberg the company. One of the suits included the following allegation: When Sekiko Sakai Garrison, a sales representative at the company, told Mike Bloomberg she was pregnant, he replied, “Kill it!” (Bloomberg went on, she alleged, to mutter, “Great, No. 16”—a reference, her complaint said, to the 16 women at the company who were then pregnant.)

That suit was settled in 2000; its terms were not disclosed. Other suits made similar claims. In a 1998 filing, Mary Ann Olszewski reported that “male employees from Mr. Bloomberg on down” routinely belittled women at the company—a pattern of harassment, she said, that culminated in her being raped in a Chicago hotel room by a Bloomberg executive who was also her direct superior. The case was dismissed (not, apparently, on its merits, but rather because Olszewski’s attorney had missed the deadlines to respond to a motion to end the case). Before it was, though, in a deposition relating to the suit, Bloomberg testified that he wouldn’t consider Olszewski’s rape allegation to be genuine unless there were “an unimpeachable third-party witness” to corroborate her claims. (Asked by a lawyer how such a person might happen to witness a rape, Bloomberg replied, “There are times when three people are together.”)

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/09/mike-bloomberg-comments-women-metoo/570448/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/sekiko-sakai-garrison-v-michael-bloomberg-and-bloomberg-l-p/6d9bea84-4783-4b88-8866-26bddfb14b6d/

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Gosh, 1993. It seems like only yesterday...

...allegedly.

[jmg257]

7. Alleged enough to put it in a lawsuit. Along with quite a few other alleged gems

https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/sekiko-sakai-garrison-v-michael-bloomberg-and-bloomberg-l-p/6d9bea84-4783-4b88-8866-26bddfb14b6d/

page 12 is the quote in question here.

pg 11 has some nice sexual-harassment type quotes too.

on page 13/14 he's just an ass hole.

[milestogo]

17. "the fucking baby" part of this is pretty disturbing all on its own

[jmg257]

19. Yes- that is Pretty bad. As bad as so many here defending him and all the terrible crap

he's done & said.

Very depressing just how much they will tolerate.

[milestogo]

24. Is it so hard to elect a candidate who is not a known asshole?

Not an asshole, that's still not a very high bar.

[squirecam]

25. I've got an idea.

Pick one of the women.





...except Tulsi.

[milestogo]

47. Great idea!

[left-of-center2012]

8. Bloomberg Allegedly

Allegedly?



Can't make this sh*t up.

[jmg257]

20. Well he did get sued for it. Alleged enough, I reckon, to get it settled.

[Blue_true]

43. Companies settle lawsuits for more than one reason.

Some don't want the negative publicity, others decide that the person filing the lawsuit has a good case. We really don't know which of a few possibilities it was.

[Squinch]

28. And the link is about a completely different story.

[jmg257]

35. Here's the link, and another to the lawsuit listing other vile stuff he has said.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/michael-bloomberg-nanny-some-black_n_5e483604c5b64433c6173287?utm_hp_ref=ca-us-politics

According to the lawsuit.
“It’s a fucking baby! All it does is eat and shit! It doesn’t know the difference between you and anyone else! All you need is some Black, who doesn’t even have to speak English, to rescue it from a burning building!”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/sekiko-sakai-garrison-v-michael-bloomberg-and-bloomberg-l-p/6d9bea84-4783-4b88-8866-26bddfb14b6d/

Try pages 11-14, they are quite telling...pg 12 has the quote from the OP

[RestoreAmerica2020]

11. Aydios..otra cosa! Que mas? Why doesn't he run against cheatolini--he fits right in

with basket of deplorables.

Quote When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. - Maya Angelou


Translation..

Ay dios: omg
Otra cosa: damn, something else he's said or done
Que mas: what else will be uncovered

[Kurt V.]

16. when a person's real life actions show you who they are, believe them. fuck this guy.

[evertonfc]

18. 1993.

This party eats it's own. Bloomberg hasn't went after anyone YET but he might and he hits hard.

[squirecam]

26. You know I've had Bernie last on my list

But the more I see and read about Bloomberg, the more I dislike him.

It would be a tough choice between them.

[33taw]

39. Tulsi captures my last spot. I don't like Bernies Tad Davine hire in 2016.

[Squinch]

27. Your link doesn't have that quote or anything like it. Which I find suspicious.

[jmg257]

33. Here - these will help you...

The correct story, and the lawsuit charging Bloomberg et al with sexual harrassment etc.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/michael-bloomberg-nanny-some-black_n_5e483604c5b64433c6173287?utm_hp_ref=ca-us-politics

According to the lawsuit.
“It’s a fucking baby! All it does is eat and shit! It doesn’t know the difference between you and anyone else! All you need is some Black, who doesn’t even have to speak English, to rescue it from a burning building!”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/sekiko-sakai-garrison-v-michael-bloomberg-and-bloomberg-l-p/6d9bea84-4783-4b88-8866-26bddfb14b6d/

Try pages 11-14, they are quite telling...

[NedBraden]

29. I can not wait....

....

for"MIKE" (all propaganda, no substance) goes into debate with the other candidates.

As a NYer I know what this asshole is all about.


He is attacking Cheato for one reason..... jealousy, he wants to BUY the presidency, show he's a better rich guy than cheato....he could care less about anything we believe in or know is right


And just keep one thing straight....BLOOMBERG IS NOT A NYer.

I blame Boston/NE for this piece of garbage.

[jcmaine72]

30. Oh poo!! Don't you know that Mike's extensive history of racism is okay now because..

....quote:

"Many white politicians are or have been racists. So what?"

AND

" Is Bloomberg a racist? You betcha. But he's a racist with $60+ billion to spend who may enable us to claw our way back to a semblance of democracy.""

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287525737

No shit. I learned that right here on DU today. And here I always thought racism was unconditionally bad and inexcusable, especially amongst the wealthy and powerful who have the ability to project their racism on the institutions they influence.

Worse yet, I always assumed our party was party of anti-racism. But here many of us are today, making excuses and even defending the across-the-board racism of someone because he (very recently) became "one of ours".

I never thought I'd ever say this, but perhaps our tent is becoming a little too big. Once we start excusing racism, misogyny and classism within our party, what do really stand for at that point?

[jcgoldie]

31. But he has a lot of money and he buys television ads...

... I mean thats the only explanation Ive seen from anyone as to why Democrats should vote for Michael Bloomberg.

[Loki Liesmith]

34. Lol. Won't matter.

[emmaverybo]

37. It is important that all candidates be vetted. We need to know to what extent each aligns with

the values we espouse as a party, for our nominee will be the face of the Democratic Party. What are our issues in 2020? How has a candidate fared on these issues—not one or two, but all.

Personally, I welcome posts that add to our insights into a candidate’s belief system, values, world view.

[Hoyt]

38. I want to hear from Black leaders more than anyone on this. It's a core of the Party, but

some appear to be spinning things to protect their candidate.

I’ll wait for more responses and opinion from those whose matter most.

[LudwigPastorius]

42. Yeah. Turns out, Bloomberg is pretty much like I thought he was before I read this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/the-portable-bloomberg-the-wit-wisdom-of-michael-bloomberg/ba5281b4-886d-42dc-a28d-e67eceb60719/

That said. It's his money to burn if he wants to spend millions disparaging Trump.

[Doreen]

46. Another notch added now as to why I do not like him.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

48. He may be a bigoted authoritarian, but he's OUR bigoted authoritarian!

And people wonder how Trump happened.