A Black man has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against a hotel in Detroit, Michigan, alleging the hotel only offered him a job interview after he changed the name on his resume, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by CNN.

Dwight Jackson filed the lawsuit against the Shinola Hotel on July 3, alleging he was denied a job when he applied as “Dwight Jackson, but later offered an interview when he changed his name to “John Jebrowski.

The lawsuit alleges Jackson was denied a job in “violation of Michigan Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act.

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      i don’t think there’s anything to expand upon: i submit my resume; then they reject me; then i resubmit the same resume but with different formatting along with a WASP sounding name on the same day i received the rejection; and then they request an interview from me.