| Citigroup Is
Sued For Discriminating Against 61-Year
Old Black Man, Told He's Not A Fit
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 22 – Jerome Cook is a
61-year old African American
man who says Citigroup refused
to hire him back on age and
race discrimination. He has
sued.
The
complaint, docketed on June 22
after 5 pm in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
where Inner City Press found
and immediately reported on
it, recounts Cook's interviews
on March 2, 2020 at 388
Greenwich Street.
Cook said
Citigroup VP Swati Rao said
she was surprised by his age,
telling him, "You know most
Senior Associates are 28 years
old, don't you?"
Then after
texting with someone she led
him to the elevators,
canceling two other scheduled
interviews he had. He was told
he was "not a fit."
Later, according to the
complaint, Ciitgroup in-house
counsel Adriana Barnette told
him there were
non-discriminatory reasons. He
is seeking
damages.
The case is Cook
v. Citigroup, Inc., 21-cv-5458
(Unassigned)
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