In June 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that aerospace company Lockheed Martin ordered managers to replace the names of white employees with those of ethnic minorities on an end-of-year bonus list.
(X user @BasedSavannah)
One X user wrote: "WHY would @LockheedMartin knowingly ALLOW their Human Resources Director to remove whites from the year-end bonus list and replace them with lower performing minorities. BLATANT civil rights violations and hateful racism. This should cost them BILLIONS."
The claim also appeared on Facebook (archived) and Reddit (archived).
It originated from a report in City Journal, a publication by the conservative think tank Manhattan Institute. The City Journal report was based on accounts from an anonymous whistleblower and excerpts from company emails provided by this source. Snopes does not use anonymous sources, nor do we rely on reports that rely on them. Snopes has not independently confirmed the account from the anonymous source City Journal used for its report, nor have we verified the authenticity of the correspondence included.
In a statement posted on its website on June 12, the date City Journal published its report, Lockheed Martin said the company was a "meritocracy" and that: "The allegations as reported raise concerns that we are taking seriously and are investigating. In the event that we determine there was any wrongdoing, we intend to appropriately compensate any employees who were adversely affected and will take...
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