A Black gay woman who worked at a Tesla Inc. factory accused the electric-vehicle maker in a lawsuit of “festering” racism by ignoring the racial and homophobic slurs and physical harm …
By Malathi Nayak | Bloomberg
Kaylen Barker, a former contract worker who inspected brake parts, is the latest to complain that Tesla ignores discrimination based on race, sexual orientation and gender at its plants. According to her complaint, her abuse occurred even as Tesla defended another contract worker’s discrimination case in court — which the company lost and was ordered to pay $137 million in damages.
“I feel like I have been tortured and sent back in time before African Americans had civil rights,” she said in a statement. Barker, 25, said she was “violated physically, mentally, and emotionally” because she’s “an African American lesbian.” Tesla, which doesn’t have a public relations department, didn’t respond to a request to an emailed request for comment.wrong in awarding $137 million to Owen Diaz
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