Elon Musk Says Black Employee Filing Lawsuit Should 'Be Thick-Skinned And Accept Apology'

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Source: The Root

Elon Musk Says Black Employee Filing Lawsuit Should 'Be Thick-Skinned And Accept Apology'

Monique Judge
Today 12:10am

Updated Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, 12:10 a.m. EST: For all of those who were in shock that a company like Tesla could have a racism problem, here’s an update that will surely blow your hair back.

Justin T. Westbrook of our sister site Jalopnik reports that included in Vaughn’s complaint is the following quote from an email Tesla CEO Elon Musk allegedly sent to factory employees on May 31:

“Part of not being a huge jerk is considering how someone might feel who is part of [a] historically less represented group,” Musk wrote in the email. “Sometimes these things happen unintentionally, in which case you should apologize. In fairness, if someone is a jerk to you, but sincerely apologizes, it is important to be thick-skinned and accept that apology.”
Oh, OK.

I guess we black people should just be more thick-skinned and accepting of racism instead of complaining about it. Got it.

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Read more: http://www.theroot.com/lawsuit-alleges-calif-tesla-factory-is-a-hotbed-for-r-1820414385