Workers assemble cars on the line at Tesla’s factory in Fremont. David Butow (Photo by David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images) David Butow | Corbis News | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Tesla has settled a racist discrimination lawsuit in which a federal jury previously awarded $3.2 million in damages to Owen Diaz, a Black man … Read more
Play video content A Fair One Comedian Shane Gillis is back under the microscope — with ‘SNL’ announcing he’s hosting, it reminds some people of the racial epithets he used in his podcasting days. Shane’s known for his edgy stand-up comedy — he’s very popular on YouTube and Netflix — and while he hasn’t shied … Read more
Three men are suing the Japanese government, citing a pattern of racially motivated police harassment and asking for improved practices and about ¥3 million ($20,330) each in compensation. The suit is unusual in Japan, a historically homogeneous place with little precedent for punishing racial discrimination. The plaintiffs—two permanent residents and one a foreign-born Japanese citizen—are … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black woman hired by a northern Utah school district to investigate racial harassment complaints the year after a 10-year-old Black student died by suicide says that she, too, experienced discrimination from district officials. Joscelin Thomas, a former coordinator in the Davis School District’s equal opportunity office, alleges in a … Read more
Tesla wants to pause a federal agency’s lawsuit against the automaker for racial bias against its Black workers at its Fremont assembly plant. The electric vehicle maker, in a filing in San Francisco federal court Monday, accused the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) of rushing to file a lawsuit in September against Tesla as … Read more
People pass by a Wells Fargo bank on May 17, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Wells Fargo was snared in an industrywide probe into mortgage bankers’ use of loan discounts last year, CNBC has learned. The discounts, known as pricing exceptions, are used by mortgage personnel to help secure deals … Read more
Edward Cagney Mathews, 47, will be forced to serve at least four years of an eight year prison sentence handed down Friday after he was caught in a viral video in July 2021 hurling racial abuse at a Black neighbor and spitting on him. It later emerged that he had been terrorizing Black people in … Read more
Bethenny Frankel is sharing her opinion on the recent Vanity Fair exposé about the Bravo network, which included an allegation that former co-star Ramona Singer once used a racial slur during production on season 13 of The Real Housewives of New York, specifically directed toward a Black crew member. Talking with ET from the carpet of the Glamour … Read more
It looks like Ramona Singer will no longer be in attendance at BravoCon 2023. Fans were quick to notice that the 66-year-old Real Housewives of New York City alum’s name is no longer featured on the lineup for the big Bravo convention taking place this weekend in Las Vegas. Ramona was expected to attend the … Read more
A video of a Texas man calling a Black woman racial slurs has gone viral after being shared on TikTok and Instagram. The incident happened inside a 7-Eleven in Stafford, Texas, near Houston on Oct. 19. The security guard, later identified as David Bryan Tupper, was captured on video calling Denishia Lewis “N—er trash.” According to … Read more