Racism Complaint Filed Against Tech Giant Apple! Victim Claims He Was Told ‘Black Employees Don’t Reach Management’ — Read The Document Detailing His Allegations
May 29 2014, Published 6:19 a.m. ET
A shocking claim of racial discrimination has been filed against technology giant Apple and Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively obtained the document where the employee alleges that he was a denied a promotion based on the color of his skin.
Four-year Apple employee Andrew Dupree, 31, has come forward exclusively to Breaking Celebrity News with the shocking allegations, claiming that despite bringing his accusations of racism all the way to Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, he was ignored. Now, he has taken legal action.
Dupree filed a complaint with the Florida Commission on Human Relations and Breaking Celebrity News has learned it is now being investigated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Lashing out at the worldwide company founded by Steve Jobs, Dupree told Breaking Celebrity News why he filed the complaint and is going public with his charges, despite still being employed by an Apple retail store.
“I was not given a job, despite being told that I was going to be given a transfer, because of one manager’s racism," he said about what he allegedly faced. "I blew the horn as loud as humanly possible and they did nothing. I want the focus to be on Tim Cook, Apple and their failure to address the racism in the company. Racism that they knew about.”
Dupree’s Charge of Discrimination form, filed on December 18, 2013, details his claims:
When I was in the Orlando Store under the Supervision of XXXXX, Senior Manager, she had make a statement prior to me transferring to Australia that Blacks in the Orlando location don’t have a chance to make it to management.
I did not express my concern to management at that time because I was transferring to Australia.
Once XXXXX got involved with the transfer process I was denied a transfer to a management or leadership position. There are no Blacks at the Orlando Store that hold a leadership position or have opportunities to be promoted to management position.
I believe that my upward ability at the Orlando Store is being hindered by XXXXX intention to discriminate against Blacks who are qualified to a hold a management position.
I believe that I am a victim of discrimination because of my Race, Black in violation of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.
Apple spokeswoman Michaela Wilkinson informed Breaking Celebrity News on May 28 that the company had filed a response to Dupree’s claim on May 19, 2014, which Dupree says he learned about nine days later.
He subsequently contacted the EEOC and told Breaking Celebrity News, “The senior federal investigator informed me that that Apple responded to the charge and sent in documents for their side. The investigator informed me that they could not share Apple’s response with me because they were still reviewing the response. The next step is simple. I have the option of either letting the EEOC go forward with their investigation or getting the right to sue and going after them in court myself.”
Dupree’s claims of racism at the corporation were first reported by BlackoutMovement.blogspot.com on May 17, 2014.
He says the ordeal all started when after working in an Orlando area Apple retail store, he transferred to a Sydney, Australia store and allegedly increased the results of the “Easy Pay Pro