A white former Paramount executive has filed a discrimination lawsuit alleging that he was fired last year during a time when the company was pushing diversity.

Joseph Jerome, in a lawsuit filed on Friday in California federal court, challenges Paramount’s now-eliminated policies, some of which tied staffing goals and executive compensation to diversity, equity and inclusion goals. Some of those guidelines were rolled back earlier this year as the Trump administration targeted what it called “illegal DEI,” leading to a larger retreat from such initiatives in the private sector.

A white former Paramount executive has filed a discrimination lawsuit alleging that he was fired last year during a time when the company was pushing diversity.

Joseph Jerome, in a lawsuit filed on Friday in

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