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More than two dozen current and former Black Tesla employees claim racial discrimination at the company’s Fremont factory according to The New York Times.

The report alleges Telsa ignored complaints of racism when brought up to the attention of their bosses. Employees claimed racial harassment in the form of bullying, slurs, and taunting occurred at the workplace. The complaints also range from being barred from promotions made to scrub the factory floors and allege that supervisors have directed racial slurs at employees.

However, Telsa does not agree with the allegations of racial discrimination and asserts that there isn’t “a pattern of discrimination and harassment,” at the factory in questioned.

“Tesla opposes all forms of discrimination, harassment, and unfair treatment, and we strive to provide a respectful work environment for all employees and do our best to prevent bad conduct,” the company said in a statement to The Verge.

In 2017, three former Tesla employees filed a lawsuit claiming that they were often subjected to racial slurs drawings from co-workers and supervisors while on the floor. A spokesperson for Tesla said that none of the individuals ever brought up these claims with their superiors. However, one plaintiff, Demetric Diaz, disagreed with the company’s response, saying that he brought up the use of discriminatory language with his supervisor, but no action was ever taken.

Former employee Owen Diaz, father of Demetric told the New York Times he saw multiple swastikas drawn on the bathroom walls during his time at the factory. He left the company in 2016 after working at the factory as a contractor for 11 months.

Diaz recalls that co-workers taunted and call him racist slurs. “You hear, ‘Hey, boy, come here,’ ‘N-i-g-g-e-r,’ you know, all this,” said Diaz. Then he discovered a racist drawing on a bale of cardboard boxes.

Diaz claims he texted his manager informing him about these atrocities. Diaz would learn that a supervisor drew the figure as a joke.

“When you really just look at it, you ask yourself at some point, ‘Where is my line?’” said Diaz.

Diaz and his son, Demetric, took legal action against the company in a 2017 lawsuit.

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