Charlotte Newman, a Black manager at Amazon.com, filed a lawsuit Monday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia accusing Amazon of racial discrimination. Her complaint alleges that Amazon hires Black people for lower positions, despite their qualifications, and that the company promotes Black people at lower rates than white workers.
Newman claims that she was hired in 2017 as a Public Policy Manager, despite the fact that she applied for and was qualified for a higher-level position. She said that she was then assigned to and completing the work of the higher-level position while still being paid at the lower level. She also alleged that she was paid significantly less than her white coworkers.