NASA Racial Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit Moves Forward

Keith’s note: A class action suit against NASA claims “Flaws in NASA’s employee evaluation system have potentially caused over 2,000 Black and Asian American NASA employees to experience racial discrimination impacting evaluations, pay, promotions, and more, and NASA must rectify that.”

“Last Friday, a racial discrimination class action lawsuit against NASA made one giant leap forward when the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) granted class certification to impacted employees. The plaintiffs allege that NASA discriminated against its Black and Asian American employees in salary grades 13-15 (generally professionals and middle-level managers), giving them much lower performance appraisal ratings on average than white peers across all of NASA’s centers. Performance review data obtained by the plaintiffs and analyzed by experts show the racial rating disparities are statistically significant, meaning it’s extremely unlikely the racial gaps happened by chance.”

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