Black Employees File Discrimination Suit Against CNN

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A class action lawsuit was filed against CNN on Wednesday by former and current black employees for racial discrimination, according to the law offices of Daniel R. Meachum & Associates.
“As a result of the current discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of DeWayne Walker vs. CNN, Time Warner & Turner, we have uncovered stories involving abuse of power, nepotism, revenge, retaliation and discrimination,” Daniel Meachum said in a statement.

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The suit claims CNN discriminated upon employees in the company’s performance evaluation system because it is “implemented by managers exercising undue authority to make biased and inconsistent determinations with little or no oversight and/or feedback.”
The suit continues: “This system permits discrimination on the basis of race in evaluations, where raises, bonuses as well as further advancement within the Company, are based on biases ‘preferred qualifications’ implemented to disguise CNN’s true written and unwritten policies on compensation and advancement.”
Documents show the plaintiffs feel CNN’s “undue discretion of managers” is the reason “African-Americans, especially African-American makes, have historically received the lowest performance ratings than their Caucasians counterparts.”
The suit claims that “no factor” such as job grade or experience could explain the “race-based difference in scores.”

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