Racial Progress in 21st Century?
Progress has, of course, been made, regardless of your definition of progress. The presidential campaign provides a daily reminder of this progress. But you occasionally run into things that make you wonder–like a recent case reported in the Alabama Employment Law Letter.
In the workplace involved in this case, there was rampant use of the N-word by several employees–from the president of the company on down. There were other slurs as well. The African-American employee who filed this suit won a jury verdict of $500,000, which was upheld on appeal. Read the excellent summary provided below.
Racial slurs cost half a mil
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