A man who was fired last year from his job running security for the US Open tennis tournament because he called black people unintelligent in an e-mail landed a new gig supervising a massive music festival this weekend at Woodstock.
Scott Dennison, 56, advised his underlings against hiring blacks to work security at the Open, sending a co-worker an e-mail that read: “No African-Americans please — only limited quantities that have brains and can actually do a day’s work.”
He also discussed training a security dog with “n—er-eating exercises.”
But Dennison’s ugly past didn’t stop international electronic music promoter SFX Entertainment from naming him manager of “risk and crowd services” and assigning him to the Mysteryland festival in Bethel Woods — the grounds of the iconic 1969 Woodstock concert.
“We were aware of these allegations and investigated them thoroughly,” said SFX spokesman Ritty Van Straalen when asked about Dennison’s hiring. “We also received some very strong and convincing recommendations from several people who know Scott well, both personally and professionally, and they assured us that the alleged statements do not reflect his true character.”
To drive home his argument, Van Straalen forwarded The Post a letter from Henry Thomas, a black friend of Dennison who defended him and claimed to be a former Secret Service agent currently working for the Department of Homeland Security.
But a source told The Post that an executive with another security firm also assigned to this weekend’s concert was infuriated by Dennison’s hiring and demanded that a contract prohibit him from interacting with his workers in any way.
Dennison referred comment to SFX.