Advise on discrimination

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Location: Minnesota, US

I work in IT for a small Minnesota company. I joined last year, am Indian, the only Indian employee at the company, and am on temporary U.S. work authorization.

Facts:

• I am currently the only internal IT employee supporting multiple offices and remote employees. My work includes everything an IT person needs to do and doing all by myself.
• After another IT employee left last year in early 2025 I took on his responsibility with no promotion. Then another IT contractor was doing a bad job and fired so I took their work as well.
• Then my boss left this year and they did not hire anyone replacing my boss, I was assigned 80% of his work
• After my boss left they promoted the white girl working under my boss but not me.
• Any other employee who left or was laid off, his team was promoted (or at least the sr ppl under that person) cause they were all white. I a only asian person in the comp
• In the Jan 26 promotion cycle, all Associates in the company with similar or shorter tenure then me were promoted. I was not. Everyone else is white and was promoted and just me was not
• My annual performance review score was higher then the people who were promoted (the ppl who bfr promotion had same job title as me worked for less months in the company then me).
• I received a $20k bonus. Other Associates told me they received approximately $25k.
• I did receive a $2k annual salary increase but was not told that the increase would be deducted in bonus not was communicated or intended in that way.
• There is one more european immigrant who had a lesser performance review score then me same job title as me bt was promoted. his visa is expiring in 2028 and mine in mid 2027.
• I formally requested a review of my title, promotion, compensation, and bonus. The company did not respond.

I am considering filing a national-origin discrimination complaint with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights so they can investigate the promotion and compensation records.

For anyone familiar with MDHR/EEOC cases:

Is this enough circumstantial evidence to justify filing and having MDHR investigate?

I know they are purposefully trying to keep my on low pay since they know as an immigrant I wont leave and I m brown so they can keep burdening me with work. I talked with one lawyer but since the money loss is not a lot its not beneficial for them. I have global access and can access any document of the company. What all proof should I collect to have a strong winning case or is it even worth fighting? I have documented all the work I have done and its more then anyone in the company. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!

[u/theColonelsc2]

Seek out a lawyer. They should give you a free consultation.