Go read former Tesla employees’ experiences with racism in their own words
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#5XH6V)
Tesla has been sued by civil rights watchdogs for racial segregation at its Fremont, California factory. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Los Angeles Times has a great piece that interviews three former Tesla employees about their experiences with racism, discrimination, and retaliation at the company, which is well worth a read. The story acts as a way to contextualize a lawsuit that the automaker is currently facing, where the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing alleges that the company has a racially segregated workplace."
While the experiences described in the lawsuit and in the Times' story are similar (and equally disturbing), being able to read actual interviews helps connect names, faces, and individual experiences to the situation at Tesla's facility in California.
They were waiting for me to make a mistake"
The workers have unique...