A Black employee at a Tesla plant in Nevada is suing the electric carmaker over what he describes as “ongoing severe, pervasive, race-based discrimination and harassment,” including persistent use of the “N-word” by white coworkers and supervisors, a manager who compared people of color to livestock and staffers who made gorilla noises at their African-American colleagues while higher-ups allegedly looked the other way.
In a federal complaint obtained by The Independent, Kamern Cowan says the constant racist abuse forced him to alter the route he walked through the 5.4 million square-foot building to his workstation, which often made him late for the start of his shift, resulting in disciplinary actions for tardiness – despite his repeated explanations and documented reports to HR.
