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[–] [email protected] 96 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Jesus. The details are damning. This is not white Gen-Z'ers thinking they're post-racial so they can repeat the stuff they hear from black content creators (and of course, they're not and they shouldn't). This is pretty much old-school racism.

Also apparently not the first issue, or the second.

What (or who?) could create a corporate culture where racists would feel empowered to say anything they want without fear of repercussion?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll take CEOs for $1,000, Alex.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

So, that gets you about an hour of their time...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

What (or who?) could create a corporate culture where racists would feel empowered to say anything they want without fear of repercussion?

Hmmm, maybe someone that built his fortune on Apartheid money?

Could it be....? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

🤖 I'm a bot that provides automatic summaries for articles:

Click here to see the summaryThe US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Tesla yesterday, alleging that the electric carmaker violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by subjecting Black employees at its manufacturing facilities in Fremont, California, "to severe or pervasive racial harassment and created and maintained a hostile work environment because of their race."

The agency alleged that throughout the period since 2015, "Black employees also encountered displays of racist graffiti, including swastikas, threats, and nooses.

Black employees have described the prevalence of racist imagery as 'frequent,' 'constant,' 'a regular thing,' and occurring 'too many times to count.'"

Describing retaliation, the US agency alleged that "Tesla has fired Black employees within weeks of them reporting or opposing racial harassment.

After Black employees complained about racism, "Tesla's supervisors and human resources officials retaliated against them through schedule changes, less desirable duties, reassignments, unjustified write-ups, and discharge," the US agency said.

In June 2022, the EEOC issued a Letter of Determination to Tesla stating that it found "reasonable cause to believe" that Tesla had been violating the Civil Rights Act since May 29, 2015, "by subjecting Black employees who worked at its Fremont, California, facilities to a hostile work environment and by retaliating against Black employees who engaged in protected activity," according to the lawsuit.


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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is Bubba Wallace working at Tesla now?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Ha, in his defense, it wasn't him that reported the "noose" but a member of his crew.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lmao, sorry, this sounds like complete made up bullshit. Sad.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

I find your response to be a bit of a jump to the conclusion you want to be true.

Maybe it is made up, is there a lack of evidence? Could you provide more information as to why it appears to be made up?