“Expedia offered me a $650,000 job, but then changed its mind because I’m white.”

A white executive sued Expedia, claiming the travel website offered him $650,000 to run a division but then backed out and gave his job to a “safer” candidate: a Black woman.

Michael Kascsak, a 49-year-old married father of one from Austin, Texas, says Expedia deluded him for months before making him America’s latest victim of reverse racism.

Expedia told him they instead selected “diversity” hire Bernita Dillard, who is now the San Francisco-based company’s head of talent inclusion, he says.

Kascsak primarily blames Michael Velasco, Expedia’s Brooklyn-based diversity chief, saying he stepped in and pushed for a woman with a different skin color.

Gene Hamilton, an attorney with America First Legal (AFL), the advocacy group that joined the lawsuit Monday, said Kascsak suffered discrimination.

Americans should be “treated equally and judged on their merit – not arbitrarily discriminated against because of their race,” he added.

This is the latest in a series of lawsuits targeting U.S. companies’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

Supporters of DEI say it helps attract more women and minorities to universities and workplaces, but critics say it ends up harming white, heterosexual men.

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Kascsak’s 35-page document was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

He claims to have suffered “immense harm” and is asking for a jury trial, compensation and payment of his legal costs.

The $13 billion-a-year Seattle-based travel and technology company did not respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.

On its website, Expedia states that it is “dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all people of race, ethnicity, color, national origin, age, disability” and other characteristics.

According to the suit, Expedia contacted Kascsak in April 2023 to become its global head of talent.

The breadwinner has “exceptional qualifications” having worked at Bank of America, Capital One and PayPal, according to the papers.

After several interviews, Kascsak was told he was the “favorite” and their “first choice,” he said.

In mid-May, he was verbally offered the job — with a salary of $330,000 a year, $225,000 in Expedia stock and a $100,000 cash signing bonus.

However, a few weeks later, Kascsak was informed of a “reorganization” and how Expedia was going in a “different direction with the role,” according to the papers.

In June, Kascsak discovered through LinkedIn posts that Expedia was looking for alternatives.

He later learned that DEI czar Velasco had intervened to “stop” Kascsak from getting the contract.

The company even arranged a meeting between Kascsak and Velasco about working in New York, but Velasco pulled out at the last minute.

Velasco and company wanted to move in a “safer direction” and find a more “diverse” candidate, it is claimed.

Expedia ultimately promoted an internal candidate, Dillard, their director of diversity sourcing.

Dillard’s LinkedIn profile shows that she also has an impressive resume, with experience at DoorDash, Facebook and Google.

The lawsuit shows how Expedia lobbied for years over its diversity hiring goals.

The company aimed by 2022 to have half of its workforce be women and a quarter be from racial minorities.

Its CEO, Peter Kern, once described “systemic racism” as a “scourge” for which “we must all be part of the solution,” the complaint says.

Expedia recruiters even receive bonuses if they meet their diversity hiring goals, according to the newspapers.

“Anti-discrimination law exists to ensure that the most deserving are hired, like Kascsak here,” the complaint states.

“This doesn’t always happen, but it doesn’t allow companies like Expedia to illegally rebuke the civil rights law by elevating some candidates while harming others based on immutable characteristics.”

The case is part of a growing number of lawsuits and filings against DEI practices since the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark June 2023 decision to end affirmative action in college admissions. university.

The AFL, led by Stephen Miller, an adviser to former President Donald Trump, has filed more than 15 lawsuits and more than 30 complaints with a U.S. civil rights agency.

Lawsuits claimed that hiring and recruiting decisions made regarding jobs and scholarships at major companies were biased against white workers.

Supporters of DEI programs say they attract more black, brown, female and queer talent to offices and universities and boost morale at all levels.

But critics say it is an exercise in “woke” virtue signaling that promotes negative discrimination against heterosexual white men.