US agency sues Tesla as Black workers report “swastikas, threats, and nooses”::“I saw KKK epithets, a swastika, and the N-word," Black worker says.

  • @Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world
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    662 years ago

    On the one hand, finding out the openly fascist rich kid from apartheid South Africa shaped a company into a place where bigotry and racial discrimination are rampant is one of the least surprising things I’ve ever read.

    On the other hand, that is an absolutely shocking level of racism for any kind of modern workplace. Like, fucking wow.

  • Gazumi
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    622 years ago

    Between Trump and Musk, racists, misogynists and other -ists have been empowered and enabled. It’s like all the village idiots have been able to band together and promote their hate, instead of being called out and shut down by the rest of us.

  • @serratur@lemmy.wtf
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    2 years ago

    Could it be any other reasons for this being reported? I just find it so hard to believe that this is something ongoing to this day, sounds like some 1920s crazy shit, is America really that racist?

  • ᴅᴜᴋᴇᴛʜᴏʀɪᴏɴ
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    42 years ago

    California is supposed to be the bastion of liberal acceptance… How could this happen?

    In any case, I can’t imagine treating your employees or any human beings this way (if true).

    On the other hand, the last paragraph of the article makes it seem like these lawsuits are money grabs from an internationally hated businessman. Last year a plaintiff went from a guaranteed $15 million award, didn’t think it was enough and got greedy, and ended up with $3.2m.