White employees at Tesla factory made ‘gorilla noises’ at Black colleagues, lawsuit says

NewsWorldAmericasWhite employees at Tesla factory made ‘gorilla noises’ at Black colleagues, lawsuit saysFirst in The Independent: Kamern Cowan’s complaint also claims Black workers were subjected to regular use of the ‘N-word’ and compared to livestock, while management looked the other wayJustin Rohrlich Wednesday 15 April 2026 17:22 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2958319","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tesla-factory-lawsuit-racism-b2958319.html","title":"White workers at Tesla factory made ‘gorilla noises’ at Black colleagues: lawsuit "}}CloseEd Davey calls for tariffs on TeslasThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Evening_Newsletter","regTitle":"Evening Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"us_evening_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"4326e634-422a-4447-8e1e-604a937cd3b5","type":"daily_news","pathPrefix":["/us","/news/world/americas","/news/world/americas/crime"],"title":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday","mobileTitle":"Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/usEveningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveEveningHeadlinesUSNews","regSourceSection":"Americas","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClima...