Black ex-Tesla worker awarded almost $137 million for racial abuse

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Tesla Inc. must pay nearly $137 million to a Black former worker who said he suffered racial abuse at the electric carmaker's San Francisco Bay area factory.

A jury in San Francisco agreed that Owen Diaz was subjected to racial harassment and a hostile work environment.

Diaz alleged in a lawsuit that he was harassed and faced "daily racist epithets," including the "N-word," while working at Tesla's Fremont plant in 2015 and 2016 before quitting. Diaz was a contracted elevator operator.

Diaz alleged that employees drew swastikas and left racist graffiti and drawings around the plant. He contended that supervisors failed to stop the abuse.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/black-ex-tesla-worker-awarded-almost-dollar137-million-for-racial-abuse/ar-AAP9Da0

[abqtommy]

1. That's good for the "Black former worker" but after all, it's just pocket change

for Tesla. It might get some people thinking though.

[Goodheart]

3. I don't approve of the abuse, but that's a preposterous award.

[marble falls]

2. Being stupid about what one allows harassers to get away with can be a very expensive proposition.