JPMorgan Must Face Black Employee’s Harassment, Job Bias Suit

A Black JPMorgan Chase Bank NA administrative assistant can pursue claims that she faced racial harassment and bias during her 20-year stint with the firm, including while working in the “executive wing,” a federal judge in Manhattan ruled.

Wanda Wilson says she was referred to as the “African American Barbie” in the executive wing and that supervisors regularly referred to Black individuals as “those people,” the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said.

The “those people” comments included a supervisor saying Black people wrongly believe that attending Harvard University or Yale University will change who they ...