Tesla Loses Racism Lawsuit, Ordered To Pay $137 Million In Damages To Victim
In a rare judicial rebuke of the company, a federal jury in San Francisco has awarded a former Tesla contractor close to $137 million in damages after suffering heinous racism at their factory.
Owen Diaz, who is African-American, had worked at the Tesla plant in Fremont as a contract elevator operator from 2015 to 2016, where he described the workplace as akin to a “scene straight from the Jim Crow era”.
Diaz alleged in the lawsuit that he was routinely subjected to racial slurs throughout his time there, including being called n***** and told to “go back to Africa”. He also said that certain Tesla employees drew racist, derogatory caricatures which were left for others to see.
The financial award – $130 million for punitive damages, and $6.9 million for…
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