i was promoted at king of prussia. the vice president of the company came in and stated that's the store manager? she wanted someone with blond hair and blue eyes. basically, nothing was wrong with my store. i did well with customer service. i had a very excellent team and, later, i saw an e-mail that stated that african-americans dominate and that it was a huge issue and under my name, i was not the right fit for the store. i was later -- >> let me tell our viewers that is the big development in this case. it's not just your word according to this case. there was an e-mail, lawyers say, was written by a vice president of wet seal. the e-mail was forwarded to nicole and we will show it to you. so my question for brad, the attorney, is this a smoking gun or a company looking to diversify? >> it's an astonishing e-mail to come from a major corporation in this country. i should tell you i just got yesterday wet seal's formal answer in the case in which they admitted this e-mail was sent by a senior vice president of the c

you were promoted to the king of prussia mall. if that's the case, why do you think you were fired?> basically i did very well and i was promoted. the vice president of the company came in and stated that is the store manager? she wanted someone with blond hair and blue eyes. basically nothing was wrong with my store. i did well with customer service and had a very excellent team and later i saw an e-mail that stated that african-americans dominate and it was a huge issue and under my name i was not the right fit for the store. i was -- >> let me tell the viewers that that is the development in the case. it's not just your word, there was an mail written by a vice president that was forwarded to nicole and we will show you. need diversity. african-american dominate. huge issue. my question for brad the attorney, is this a smoking gun or a company looking to diversify? >> it's an astonishing e-mail to come from a major corporation. i just got yesterday the formal answer in the case in which they admitted this e-mail was written by a senior vice president. the context is important. th

cogdell said her replace am at the king of prussia mall was a white manager with less experience ande record, but paid more. >> there have been cases like this against the fashion industry before what makes this one so different is lawyers say they can trace a discrimination to the vice president at wet seal with an e-mail. >> the e-mail was forwarded to cogdell. she says it's from the very same vice president who said she wanted a blond manager with blue eyes. the e-mail from the vp who has since left wet seal says, quote. need diversity, african-american dominate, huge issue. >> when you read that, what did you think? >> i thought, this is the essential smoking gun. the lawyer represents cogdell and two other former wet seal managers who were fired, denied pay raises or promotions as part of an unwritten, but unforced corporate policy because black employees don't fit the brand image. it is a window into the ugly secret of retail. >> in retail in particular, people are accustomed to making judgments on people based on their looks and i think they lose track of the fact that under t

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well at the job, the district manager promoted her to a new store in a higr end mall in the king of prussiast of the customers there are white. the vice president of the company came to inspect the store. that's when she heard this. >> she looked to my district manager and said that's the store manager? i wanted someone with blond hair and blue eyes. >> reporter: four days later, she was fired. her replacement was a white manager with less experience and poor performance record but paid more. there have been cases like this against a fashion industry before. what makes this different is lawyers say they can trace the discrimination to a vice president at wet seal with an e-mail. the e-mail was forwarded to her. it's from the same vice president who said she wanted a blond manager with blue eyes. the e-mail was, needy versety. african-american dominate, huge issue. when you read that, what did you think? >> i thought this is the essential smoking gun. >> reporter: she represents two people fired, denied pay raises and promotions as part of an unwritten policy because black employees don't fi

a higher-end mall, king of prussia. the vice president of the company came to inspected the store. she heard this. >> she literally looked to my district manager and said that's the store manager? i wanted someone with blond hair and blue eyes. >> reporter: four hours later, cogdell was fired. there have been cases like this against the fashion industry before. what makes this one so different is that lawyers say they can trace the discrimination to a vice president at wet seal with an e-mail. the e-mail was forwarded to cogdell. she says it's from the very same vice president who says she wanted a blond manager with blue eyes. the e-mail from the v.p. who has since left wet seal says, kwt needy versety. african american dominate. huge issue." >> when you read that, what did you think? >> i thought this is the essential smoking gun. >> reporter: the lawyer represents cogdell and two other former wet seal managers who say they were fired, denied pay raises and promotions as part of an unwritten but enforced corporate policy because black employees don't fit the brand image. the e-ma

at her job that the district manager promoted her to a new store in a higher end mall, the king of prussianspect the store that's when she heard this. >> she went to my district manager and said that's the store manager. i wanted swung with blonde hair and blue eyes. >> reporter: four days later she was fired. she said her replacement was a white manager with less experience and poor performance record that paid more. there's been cases like this before but what makes this one so different is that lawyers say they can trace the discrimination to a vice president at wet seal with an e-mail. the e-mail was forwarded to kogdale. it's from the same president that said she wanted a blonde manager with blue eyes. the v.p. said needy versety. african-american dominate huge issue. >> when you read that, what did you think? >> i thought this is the essential smoking gun. >> reporter: she represents two other manager who were fired, denied pay raises as part of an unwritten but enforce corporate policy. the e-mail says it's a window into a ugly secret of retail. >> in retail in particularly people a