Even as the Minnesota administration is touting their inclusiveness in the workplace, the state is facing a lawsuit from a former auditor of the Minnesota Department of Revenue for discriminating against him. According to the former employee, he was blocked from promotions that other less qualified white colleagues received. According to him, he was the one who had trained the promoted individuals.
The Ghana native claimed that the state's subjective hiring processes and promotion processes have an adverse effect on black workers. He claims that they are constantly passed over for promotions, evidenced by the fact that there was only one black supervisor in the division the former employee worked in.