Silicon Valley’s darling electric car company just got served another brutal reality check. Tesla, the tech bro paradise helmed by Elon Musk, is facing yet another racial discrimination lawsuit that exposes the ugly underbelly of its corporate culture.

Plantation Vibes at the Factory

Raina Pierce, a Black female employee who installed latches on car doors, dropped a legal bombshell alleging that managers at the Fremont plant casually dropped horrifying greetings like “welcome to the plantation” and “welcome to the slave house”. Yes, you read that right - in 2025, these words were allegedly spoken in a supposedly progressive tech workplace.

A Pattern of Workplace Racism

Pierce’s lawsuit isn’t an isolated incident. She claimed racial slurs were scrawled throughout the factory, including bathrooms, and that Black workers were disciplined more harshly than their non-Black colleagues. Another employee even advised her to go to HR because “these leads are saying things about you that are not right”.

Corporate Damage Control

While Elon Musk himself wasn’t named in the lawsuit, Tesla has now settled the case through mediation. This comes on the heels of another similar settlement with Owen Diaz, who previously won a $3.2 million judgment against the company. Seems like Tesla’s HR department might need a complete overhaul - or better yet, a total reboot of its toxic workplace culture.

The settlement terms remain undisclosed, but one thing’s crystal clear: Tesla’s reputation is taking more hits than a bumper car at a rowdy carnival.