NY-based Accenture worker alleges he was axed because of his dreadlocks ^10.1%

Gothamist - By Arun Venugopal - 6/1/2026, 10:30 AM

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A Black former employee of Accenture, the global consulting firm, alleges in a discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan that he was terminated after repeatedly being chastised for wearing dreadlocks. Joseph M. Nelzy, 30, of Bushwick, Brooklyn, claims his professional ascent at Accenture, which he joined straight out of... more