JPMorgan Sued Over ‘Systemic’ Race Bias, Sham DEI Practices

JPMorgan Chase & Co. was hit with a proposed class action by a job applicant alleging the banking giant has engaged in a “systemic pattern” of race bias against African Americans and that its DEI practices have been “merely performative.”

Bryan Jackson, who is Black and has over two decades in the financial services industry, alleges he was recruited to apply for a position with Chase, and set up for a “fake interview” so that the company looked like it was interested in diversity, equity, and inclusion, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the ...