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.”

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    4 months ago

    The good thing about racists is that they’re fucking stupid. Just interview the person and say nothing instead of making up an obvious lie.

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      4 months ago

      But what if the interview goes well… Then what? We can’t just hire them. Then we’ll be forced to maybe face… Something. Not sure exactly what…

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      Just interview the person and say nothing instead of making up an obvious lie.

      You don’t get it, they consider this a humiliation inflicted by them on someone they want, well, humiliated. Eh, and sometimes it is true.