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Dangling High On An Oil Rig With The KKK Below To 'Rescue': Shocking Racial Harassment At Work
Last edited Fri Jun 15, 2018, 10:34 AM - Edit history (1)
LABOR / EMPLOYMENT, ON THE JOB
Dangling High On An Oil Rig With The KKK Below To ‘Rescue’: Shocking Racial Harassment At Work
Employers must insure that these terrible actions do not occur -- and that if a complaint is made, that it is expeditiously investigated and remedied.
By RICHARD B. COHEN
at 8:03 PM
Could this be another one? Another noose and KKK hood in the workplace incident?
Less than a year ago, I wrote a post here in Above the Law in which I noted that: “Earlier, I wrote that ‘{i}t seems that racial harassment cases always have the same racial slurs and tropes: either the N-word, a noose, or both. Always. Although KKK hoods are becoming popular these days.”
Well, the N-word and nooses are still popular. But, indeed, cases involving KKK hoods and other white supremacist slurs and epithets are — sure as ever — increasing.
I continued last year: “In April {2017}, a company allegedly subjected black and Hispanic employees to ‘severe racial harassment, [which] included a noose, a Ku Klux Klan hood and racist epithets and jokes. Despite complaints by employees to … senior management, the offensive conduct did not cease.’ The EEOC sued and the company settled for $175,000.”
So, we saw both a KKK hood and racial slurs in the same case. Somethings are very resistant to change, and a new case illustrates this.
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Richard B. Cohen has litigated and arbitrated complex business and employment disputes for almost 40 years, and is a partner in the NYC office of the national “cloud” law firm FisherBroyles. He is the creator and author of his firm’s Employment Discrimination blog, and received an award from the American Bar Association for his blog posts. You can reach him at Richard.Cohen@fisherbroyles.com and follow him on Twitter at @richard09535496.
Dangling High On An Oil Rig With The KKK Below To ‘Rescue’: Shocking Racial Harassment At Work
Employers must insure that these terrible actions do not occur -- and that if a complaint is made, that it is expeditiously investigated and remedied.
By RICHARD B. COHEN
at 8:03 PM
Could this be another one? Another noose and KKK hood in the workplace incident?
Less than a year ago, I wrote a post here in Above the Law in which I noted that: “Earlier, I wrote that ‘{i}t seems that racial harassment cases always have the same racial slurs and tropes: either the N-word, a noose, or both. Always. Although KKK hoods are becoming popular these days.”
Well, the N-word and nooses are still popular. But, indeed, cases involving KKK hoods and other white supremacist slurs and epithets are — sure as ever — increasing.
I continued last year: “In April {2017}, a company allegedly subjected black and Hispanic employees to ‘severe racial harassment, [which] included a noose, a Ku Klux Klan hood and racist epithets and jokes. Despite complaints by employees to … senior management, the offensive conduct did not cease.’ The EEOC sued and the company settled for $175,000.”
So, we saw both a KKK hood and racial slurs in the same case. Somethings are very resistant to change, and a new case illustrates this.
....
Richard B. Cohen has litigated and arbitrated complex business and employment disputes for almost 40 years, and is a partner in the NYC office of the national “cloud” law firm FisherBroyles. He is the creator and author of his firm’s Employment Discrimination blog, and received an award from the American Bar Association for his blog posts. You can reach him at Richard.Cohen@fisherbroyles.com and follow him on Twitter at @richard09535496.
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What a horror. Trapped on an oil rig, in shark infested waters, with a group of people that would do you harm in a heart beat. Brrrr. What a grim situation. nd, how would you know until you got there? These rigs are tens of miles out in the Gulf. Creepy. Literally the stuff of a horror film.
