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In reply to the discussion: Is it Art or is it Discrimination? [View all]msanthrope
(37,549 posts)14. It's not a "picture." It's a 4 panel mural over several walls in the Sazerac Lounge.
In New Orleans. In the Roosevelt. Dear, Sweet Jeebus....I hesitate to tell you the goings-on that happen there....
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I think anytime you see something offensive to you in a public place you should have the right to
el_bryanto
Feb 2013
#1
You are going to need a better sarcasm detector. I suggest one with a finely-tuned irony meter.
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#13
If an employer or its employees placed pictures of African-Americans as slaves picking cotton and ..
GodlessBiker
Feb 2013
#3
Do you even realize where these murals (4 of them, over several walls) are? The Sazerac Lounge
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#16
Cover art in a bar so that a massage therapist in the hotel spa feels better? No....people's
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#24
First of all, being offended isn't sufficient. The "art" or anything else ...
GodlessBiker
Feb 2013
#23
She's a spa employee. This is art in the Sazerac Lounge. Unless she's giving massages in the bar,
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#27
"I think future generations have a right to see the past, warts and all." Like Captain Kirk did
The Straight Story
Feb 2013
#7
It's not a "picture." It's a 4 panel mural over several walls in the Sazerac Lounge.
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#14
Ms. Pittman has a bullshit claim. She works in the hotel spa. How she even sees
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#20
I presume the judge is well aware of the 5th's 4-prong test for a hostile work
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#35
Tell her she can have the "damages" she wants or have the picture removed
Dreamer Tatum
Feb 2013
#10