'Muscular and Dark-Skinned': White Frito-Lay Supervisor Calls Black Worker 'Big Scary Black Guy,' Then the Company Fires Him After He Complained About Racial Comments, Lawsuit Says

'Muscular and Dark-Skinned': White Frito-Lay Supervisor Calls Black Worker 'Big Scary Black Guy,' Then the Company Fires Him After He Complained About Racial Comments, Lawsuit Says

A Black man who claims he complained about being called “a big scary Black guy” by his white supervisor at Frito-Lay’s plant in Topeka and was fired soon after is suing the company for $300,000. Michael Whitfield started working as a janitor for Frito-Lay in September 2023, cleaning the food plant’s equipment and facilities. According to his lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas on May 5, the company never raised any issues about his jo…