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Back to EpisodesWhen your anti-Black coworker is Latino
Published 3 years, 6 months ago
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Two of the largest race discrimination cases investigated by the federal government in the past decade allege widespread abuse of hundreds of Black employees by supervisors and coworkers at warehouses in Southern California’s Inland Empire. Anti-black bias on the job is sadly nothing new. But as the Latino population across the US, and especially California continues to grow, anti-Black bias by Latinos in the workplace is drawing renewed scrutiny.
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Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times labor reporter Margot Roosevelt
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