Tesla settled a separate multi-million-dollar lawsuit by a Black employee, who alleged he was called the N-word more than 30 times, shown racist cartoons and told to “go back to Africa” during a 9-month tenure at Tesla that ended in 2016.
Another example of Musk's anti-DEI policies in action. 3/
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These were not isolated incidents.
In 2023, 240 (not a typo!) Black factory workers testified to a California court they faced rampant racism and discrimination at the company, including frequent use of racial slurs and references to the manufacturing site as a plantation or slave ship. 4/
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Also in 2023, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit claiming racial abuse, pervasive stereotyping, and hostility were common at Tesla, including epithets such as the N-word, “monkey,” “boy,” and “black b*tch”.
Staff who complained were retaliated against. 5/
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Then there's the #MeToo allegations against Musk, with SpaceX settling a 2022 lawsuit with a flight attendant who claimed Musk exposed himself.
Or this firsthand account of SpaceX's inaction on sexual harassment: www.lioness.co/post/at-spac...
And at Tesla: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... 6/
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Diversity equity and inclusion policies don't just counter cronyism, nepotism, and discrimination in hiring.
They're also about racial vilification and sexual harassment.
The Tesla & SpaceX lawsuits show what anti-DEI workplaces look like.
Musk wants all US gov't agencies to have these issues. 7/
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There's been many articles asking how and why Musk became far-right.
The truth is the allegations of discrimination were piling up for years.
They were either ignored or dismissed by significant sections of the tech press, the left, and the media, who wanted to paint Elon as a genius. 8/
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Beyond the lawsuits, other employees have come forward to say sexual harassment allegations at Musk's companies weren't taken seriously: www.theverge.com/22831380/spa...
So there was a clear pattern of behaviour on display from Musk and his companies. 9/
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So how did this "free speech absolutist" respond when people raised these issues?
A group of employees did just that in an open letter: www.theverge.com/2022/6/16/23...
Nine employees were fired, with a senior executive describing it as an "extremist act".
Freedom of speech.
For some. 10/
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@ajsadauskas.bsky.social A final thought.
Because it's likely to get scrubbed from the web, here's the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) statement on Tesla.
When Musk, Trump, or other billionaires say they oppose diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, here's it means in practice:
"According to the EEOC’s suit, since at least 2015 to the present, Black employees at Tesla’s Fremont, California manufacturing facilities have routinely endured racial abuse, pervasive stereotyping, and hostility as well as epithets such as variations of the N-word, “monkey,” “boy,” and “black b*tch.” Slurs were used casually and openly in high-traffic areas and at worker hubs. Black employees regularly encountered graffiti, including variations of the N-word, swastikas, threats, and nooses, on desks and other equipment, in bathroom stalls, within elevators, and even on new vehicles rolling off the production line, the EEOC said.
"The EEOC’s investigation also found that those who raised objections to racial hostility suffered various forms of retaliation, including terminations, changes in job duties, transfers, and other adverse employment actions."
https://web.archive.org/web/20230928204506/https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-tesla-racial-harassment-and-retaliation
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