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A nationwide dental group fired an employee for hiring too many African American and Latino staff members — and not enough “white and yellow” workers, a new lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court alleges.
United Dental Group, which is headquartered in Manhattan and has locations across the country, brought on Jose Martinez as a general manager in January and instructed him to hire staff members for the business’s locations, his suit filed Monday state.
Martinez, who is of Afro-Latino descent, alleges in his lawsuit that the owner of UDG, Dr. Jeong Hoon Kim, chastised him for hiring too many African Americans and Latinos and said he should select applicants that “reflect the demographics of the surrounding area.”
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