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A Black teen alleges a New York clothing store manager denied her employment for having dark skin. Mali D’Janite a student and dancer who recently moved back to New York City from Phoenix, Arizona. The 17-year-old applied to a job at Necessary Clothing where the incident took place New York Post reports.

The news broke from an unidentified assistant manager who claimed the store manager, Samuel Osei reportedly refused to move forward with hiring D’Janite because of her skin color according to a press release.

D’Janite told Blavity,”I walked into Necessary Clothing to inquire about employment, and the assistant manager was instantly eager to give me [a] job. She advised me to come back the next day with a resume to speak with the manager. The next day I spoke directly with the manager, Samuel Osei, an African man from Ghana. He looked over my resume in front of me and instantly told me we’re not hiring. Confused, I went to speak back with the assistant manager, and she told me he called over to tell her I’m ‘too dark’ to work there.”

D’Janite filed an online complaint with the company. The store’s Los Angeles location did offer the teen a job but she declined stating “I refuse to work for a company with questionable racist and discriminatory hiring practices.”

The teen said the whole ordeal made her realize the extensive of colorism in the Black community.

“In my 17 years, I’ve never been insecure about being a dark-skinned woman; however, this incident is helping me bring awareness to the colorism that takes place in our community,” D’Janite said.

Osei claims the allegations of colorism are fake, “She’s my sister, why should I do that?” he said.

D’Janite has filed a complaint with NYC Human Rights and are currently in the process of speaking with a civil rights attorney.

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