“Mr. Beckel stormed out of his office when our client, a black IT employee, came to service his computer, telling our client that he was leaving his office because he is black.”
Yeah, I agree that this sounds like a sarcastic remark. Sort of an off-color joke. What I mean is that I always leave the area when the IT guys show up, to get out of their way. I can certainly imagine a scenario where someone would ask, Why are you leaving? And in a sarcastic [stupid] way someone may answer, Because he is Black, of course.
It could have been a misunderstanding.
However, I am no fan of Beckel anyway. I would not watch The 5 because of him. I couldn't take his belligerent, bellicose, arrogant, manners. It was annoying to me. So...I don't know. I'm not sure why he was fired. Maybe they had a hair-trigger pinned on him anyway.