Michigan man who was offered job interview after changing his name on his resumé sues for discrimination

An knowledgeable edifice worker claims he was discriminated against aft getting a different consequence from a occupation exertion erstwhile he tweaked a cardinal item connected his resumé. 

Dwight Jackson, 27, alleges Shinola Hotel successful downtown Detroit kept overlooking his applications for aggregate positions - until he changed his name. 

In a lawsuit, revenge connected Wednesday, Jackson states he made galore attempts to activity astatine nan luxury edifice between January and April 2024 but was denied an opportunity to question and reply for nan positions. 

It wasn't until he submitted a CV pinch a 'Caucasian name' - John Jebrowski - that he was contacted by nan edifice to acquisition nan interviewing process nan aforesaid week, nan filing states.  

Jackson said he started retired utilizing his commencement sanction successful his first attempts. 

But arsenic soon arsenic he applied pinch nan othername John Jebrowski, keeping each of his activity history and skills nan same, he says he received an question and reply telephone from nan management. 

Jackson went done nan question and reply process, nevertheless he was informed that he was not a viable campaigner for nan position, according to tribunal documents.

'Mr. Jackson really confronted them and said, "I'm Dwight Jackson, I'm nan feline that's been applying to a job" and they said, 'We're done. We don't want to prosecute you",' Jackson's lawyer John Marko further told CBS News Detroit.  

'It's forbidden to discriminate against personification successful nan hiring process because of nan colour of his skin. 

'The suit alleges (the hotel) illegally discriminated against Mr. Jackson by refusing to springiness him an question and reply aliases prosecute him for a position for which he was qualified and nan only logic is nan colour of his skin,' Marko added. 

Since nan filing, nan edifice has issued a connection saying that they 'do not tolerate favoritism of immoderate kind'. 

'We return this allegation very earnestly and do not tolerate favoritism of immoderate kind. 

'We're committed to fostering an inclusive workplace wherever everyone has nan opportunity to win and are dedicated to building a divers workforce that reflects nan community.'

Jackson has stated successful nan suit that he suffered stress, humiliation, affectional damages and economical damages owed to nan incident. 

He is seeking an 'amount arsenic nan trier of truth shall deem adjacent and just, together pinch interest, costs and lawyer fees, and for specified different and further alleviation arsenic this Honorable Court whitethorn deem appropriate' arsenic damages, according to documents. 

DailyMail.com has reached retired to Shinola Hotel for a comment.