Lawsuit Accuses Amazon Of "Systemic" Racism In Corporate Offices

Tuesday, 2 March 2021Newsdesk

A manager at Amazon.com Inc sued the online retailer for discrimination on Monday, saying it hires Black people for lower positions and promotes them more slowly than white workers, and that she was subjected to harassment.

New Delhi, 02 March 2021

As per news report of NDTV, the lawsuit from Charlotte Newman, a business development head at Amazon Web Services who is Black, said the company suffers from a "systemic pattern of insurmountable discrimination," despite its pledge to fight racism and statements of solidarity from Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos. Seattle-based Amazon had no immediate comment. The complaint was filed in Washington, D.C., federal court.

Source - NDTV