When the city of Seattle hired Joshua Diemert in 2013, his title was "program intake representative" and his job was to connect city residents with public resources. He quit after nine years, convinced he could no longer continue working at an office that he says subjected him to pervasive racial harassment and discrimination.
"It's the culture of the workplace, how people talk to you," Diemert tells Reason. "You can't get away from it." In November 2022 he filed suit, alleging that the city's racially hostile work environment harmed his mental and physical health.
