Outrage Welcomes the New Year - #ShadesOfRevlon

by Kim D.

First corporate fail of the year? Damn that was quick! #ShadesOfRevlon
— Tatiana King-Jones (@TatianaKing) January 2, 2015

If you thought 2015 would be any different from the previous year in regard to liberal outrage, think again. The Twittersphere is alive with gossip swirling around the latest case of corporate racism and bigotry just in time to ring in the new year. This time the target is Revlon and its CEO Lorenzo Delpani and the accuser is a former employee.

According to the Daily Mail, 

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Alan Meyers, 56, a former chief scientific officer at Revlon, claimed Revlon CEO and President Lorenzo Delpani made racist and offensive remarks against, Jews, blacks, and Americans. 

From all of the alleged remarks attributed to Delpani, it's quite obvious that Revlon has found itself smack dab in the middle of a public relation's firestorm. As reported by Clutch Magazine, the Revlon CEO hates “dirty” Americans, thinks Jews “stick together” and believes he can “smell” Black people when they walk into a room.

Free from the hangover blues, this new controversy provided yet another Twitter platform for race card outrage on a sleepy Friday afternoon:

Can't Get A Loan Lavender. #ShadesOfRevlon
— Dustin Ross (@DustinRossSaid) January 2, 2015

TheyAllLookAlike Brown #ShadesofRevlon
— Xavier D'Leau (@TheXDExperience) January 2, 2015

"Wow, You speak so well" teal #ShadesOfRevlon
— The Librarian (@AdrianXpression) January 2, 2015

#ShadesofRevlon Porch Monkey Petunia
— NamasBaè (@Sunrise_Chaser) January 2, 2015

However, for others, Delpani's dilemma provided fodder for hashtag hijacking: 

#ShadesOfRevlon Black and Blue Harry pic.twitter.com/YznUzYMkBv
— Daniel Snyder (@danmsnyder) January 2, 2015

Wow, the opinions of some dumbass billionaire are worse than slavery. I feel sorry for everyone he's oppressed. #ShadesOfRevlon
— AdolfJoeBiden™ (@Bidenshairplugs) January 2, 2015

#ShadesOfRevlon Pink Shakedown (also from The Sharpton Collection)
— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) January 2, 2015

#ShadesOfRevlon Too Black To Fail Eyeliner pic.twitter.com/DCfPCPPoG0
— Libs BeLike (@LibsBeLike) January 2, 2015