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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Dara Kerr in Oakland, California

Black Tesla employees accuse company of fostering racial discrimination in major trial

Aerial view of the Tesla Fremont Factory with a parking lot full of cars
Brett Watson started by showing the court photographs taken throughout Tesla’s Fremont factory, including the N-word, swastikas, the Confederate flag, white supremacist logos and more scratched on to walls. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Dozens of Black employees at Tesla’s flagship plant in California said they were subject to racist slurs, unequal pay and promotions, and bullying by supervisors on a daily basis, a situation management did little to nothing to fix.

Their complaints form the basis of a lawsuit brought against the Elon Musk-owned electric car company by the state of California, which began trial with opening statements on Monday.

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