“It was just random racism,” said Mr. Beswick, who is an electrician. But when he noticed that white workers were getting better assignments while he was consistently given “grunt work,” he complained to his manager, he said. The manager dismissed his complaints, telling him that there were “always three sides to a story: your side, his side and the truth,” Mr. Beswick recalled. One day, a new white employee with no experience in solar installation told Mr. Brown that he was receiving $22 an hour. Mr. Brown said he eventually told a foreman that he was tired of being called “boy” at work.

Source: New York Times May 07, 2019 00:00 UTC