General Mills employee reported ‘offensive’ reports about black history, the company reportedly revenge

A lawsuit accuses food manufacturer -general Mills of retribution against a former employee after reporting alleged “fun facts” during the Black History Month, Reference to sensitive historical events Including the Tulsa Massacre and Black codes, Fox 9 -Nieuws reported.

The lawsuit of discrimination and retaliation was brought by Stormen Dworak LLC on behalf of L. Lee Tyus Jr., a black man who claims that the company has violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act when he was terminated because he was spoken. The company established in Minnesota is said to have gone through during the celebration of February 2025 and labels violent history of history, such as the Tulsa Race massacre as ‘fun facts’.

After he had expressed concern, he was placed with involuntary leave. On his return, Tyus shared contact information from other employees who claimed to be offended by the content. After copies of the document he made, the breakroom were placed, the lawsuits claim that he was broadcast and fired.

The lawsuit of $ 50,000 insists on a civil fine and lawyers, according to Protection 11Tyus started working at General Mills in 2019. In January 2025 he received a performance assessment It says that he was ‘on the right track’.

There was nothing nice about the Tulsa Race massacre, also known as the Black Wall Street -Bloedbad. Corned as one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history, the event lasted 18 hours on May 31 and June 1, 1921, which resulted in an estimated 300 black Americans who were killed. Moreover, a white crowd destroyed more than 1,000 houses and companies, which burned the second largest African-American community of Oklahoma.

As soon as the violence ended, the city was placed under the state of siege.

Surviving residents of Tulsa have been fighting for decades and refund for decades. In 2024, the Oklahoma Supreme Court denied a request to reconsider a decision that once rejected a lawsuit that was filed by the last two known living survivors. The suit was an attempt to force the city of Tulsa and others to go back for the destruction under the public nuisance law of the state. Legal representatives also argued that the city has appropriated the iconic reputation of Black Wall Street for its ‘financial and reputation advantage’.

In a statement, Tyus’s lawyer, Naomi Martin, said that the lawsuit was brought because people should not be aimed at standing up for what they believe. “General Mills has a national brand and a deep Minnesota -footprint. In my opinion, that kind of presence comes with responsibility, and a company of this size should model what it means to support employees who speak, did not dismiss.

“And it is exactly the kind of action where the Minnesota Human Rights Act exists to protect. We brought this case because no one has to be confronted to do the right thing.”

Although General Mills did not comment on the issue, the company did reveal that they ‘do not tolerate discrimination or retribution’.

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