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California Agency Sues Tesla for Alleged Racial Discrimination and Harassment

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing alleges that Tesla workers were subjected to racial slurs and graffiti.

By

Noah A. McGee

Published

February 10, 2022
News

Tesla Faces Lawsuit From Black Former Employee

A woman says she was subject to harassment and retaliation based on her race and sexual orientation

By

Keith Reed

Published

February 2, 2022
News, Race Matters

Ex-Tesla Employee Gets $1 Million Settlement After Company Failed to Stop Supervisors From Calling Him the N-Word

Melvin Berry was awarded $1 million in an arbitration case over racism at the company.

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

August 10, 2021
Politics

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Raises $3.2 Million in 3 Months Despite Being a Few Biscuits Short of a Bread Basket

Republicans are either desperate to hold on to any semblance of Trump, or they have nothing else to spend their stimulus money on, but somehow Marjorie Taylor Greene—the GOP Georgia representative that Republicans secretly hate, too—raise $3.2 million in three months. According to CNN, QGreene announced Wednesday that her reelection campaign raised all this money…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

April 8, 2021
Entertainment, Social Media

Elon Musk, You Have 10 Hours to Respond Because Ray J Had the Best Failed Demo Video of All Time

We have ourselves a wacky demo war! In November, Mars-fetishizer Elon Musk introduced the Tesla Cybertruck to the world, basically gifting at least five future episode ideas to the Black Mirror writers’ room. The fact that the car looks like the kind of cars we all drew in elementary school was intriguing enough, but it…

By

Tonja Renée Stidhum

Published

December 6, 2019
Culture, Technology

Report: Tesla Takes Racism in the Workplace to Another Level

The New York Times took a look into the workplace dynamics at Tesla’s Fremont, California factory and just in case you thought it was going anywhere, racism appears to be alive and well. In speaking with over two dozen current and former black Tesla employees, their complaints include racist taunts, swastikas being drawn in bathrooms,…

By

Jay Connor

Published

December 2, 2018
Ebony’s Linda Johnson Rice Joins Board of Tesla

Elon Musk appears to be heeding the call of a group of disgruntled investors by bringing two new members onto Tesla’s board. One of them happens to be a black woman. In an announcement Monday, the Tesla CEO named Johnson Publishing Co. CEO Linda Johnson Rice as an independent director on Tesla’s board. Johnson Rice…

By

Angela Helm

Published

July 18, 2017