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GoDaddy Goes to Trial Tuesday — Lawsuit Against

A job discrimination lawsuit against domain registrar GoDaddy is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning.

The lawsuit was brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and charges GoDaddy with national origin and religious discrimination. The complaint charges that GoDaddy denied a management position to Youssef Bouamama, a Muslim Moroccan who speaks Arabic. The agency stated Go Daddy fired him since of his Moroccan national origin and religious affiliation, as stated by an article on The Business Journal of Phoenix web site.

It is unclear whether GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons knew Bouamama or had any interactions with him, but it will be interesting to see if the EEO tries to suggest that GoDaddy and/or Parsons created a culture of discrimination. Parsons is an outspoken leader on all things business and politics. He has even blogged regarding torture. Parsons also doesn’t shy away from sex, as evidenced on a number of occasions. First, there was an article in Business 2.0 that featured Parsons and had him commenting regarding GoDaddy’s models. Second, many of GoDaddy’s ads include risque models. Third, GoDaddy briefly created a site at GoDaddyGirls.com that featured its models along with a woman who was apparently from the firm’s marketing department.

Although the current case has nothing to do with sex discrimination, I wouldn’t be surprised to see such a case in the future.

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