Two Former Black TikTok Employees Allege Racial Discrimination and Retaliation at Company

Two former Black TikTok employees, Nnete Matima and Joel Carter, filed an EEOC discrimination charge against the company.
They allege TikTok downplayed their complaints of racial discrimination and retaliation when they reported issues to HR.
Both say they experienced exclusions, inferior assignments, and abusive behavior from managers compared to white colleagues.
Matima says she was called a racist epithet by supervisors and Carter felt stereotyped as "angry" and "tense."
This follows other allegations of discrimination against Black creators and employees at TikTok and other major tech companies.

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Black Ex-Employees Allege Racism and Retaliation at TikTok in EEOC Complaint

Two former Black employees of TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, have filed a complaint with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging racial discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. They claim that despite TikTok's public support for the Black community, they experienced toxicity, racism, and unequal treatment, and their complaints were not taken seriously or properly investigated by human resources.