A Black man has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against a hotel in Detroit, Michigan, alleging the hotel only offered him a job interview after he changed the name on his resume, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by CNN.

Dwight Jackson filed the lawsuit against the Shinola Hotel on July 3, alleging he was denied a job when he applied as “Dwight Jackson,” but later offered an interview when he changed his name to “John Jebrowski.”

The lawsuit alleges Jackson was denied a job in “violation of Michigan Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act.”

  • Mubelotix@jlai.lu
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    4 months ago

    I wasn’t expecting that. I would understand that there a slight positive involontary bias towards candidates with a familiar-sounding name, but such shameless behavior is astonishing

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      4 months ago

      That’s not that surprising, if their Hispanic boss was from Cuba, they’re probably a conservative and consuming a lot of right wing propaganda. I know a conservative Puerto Rican who’s afraid of the ms13 gang. He lives in rural NJ.