Black Man sucessfully sued for using N word against Black employee

[NewYorkExpress]

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ny-case-puts-n-word-use-among-blacks-trial

Total damages= $310,000

[J. J.]

Remind me to sue my ex, my former alternate, and my best friend. 

[The Free North]

Political correctness is just awful


Edit: Shouldnt every rapper be sued too? What a joke, the judge should get their head examined.

[Pheurton Skeurto]

Goddammit America

[barfbag]

good he should be

[The Free North]

good he should be

I have no clue how you could defend this

[barfbag]

good he should be

I have no clue how you could defend this

No one should use such language in the workforce.

[ElectionsGuy]

good he should be

I have no clue how you could defend this

No one should use such language in the workforce.

People cuss in the work place all the time, and yet they don't get sued. So somehow this is supposed to be different? Not to mention that they likely used the N word in a friendly way as it was black to black, so that cancels out any racism really.

I agree that its an awful word to use, but this was a massive overreaction on part of the judge.

[Lief 🗽]

Employers shouldn't harass their employees, including through use of language. Not sure why this is controversial.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

It makes sense to me.  The damages seem a bit high, but I'm not sure how you could say this was the judge's fault.  Whether using the n-word creates a hostile work environment is, pretty clearly, a matter of fact, not a matter of law, so the judge would have no business tossing the case.

This doesn't mean that all times the n-word is used by a black employee that it is a hostile work environment, and it may not be a hostile work environment even if a white person used it.  That all depends on the circumstances of the case.

The test for a hostile work environment is two-fold: "the misconduct shown must be “severe or pervasive enough to create an objectively hostile or abusive work environment,” and the victim must also subjectively perceive that environment to be abusive."

The defense that Carmona grew up in a different time and with "tough love" surrounding him is a pretty crappy defense.  People who grow up around womanizing men don't get off on sexual harassment claims for that reason, and someone who grew up around "tough love" shouldn't get off on a hostile work environment for that reason.

As for the discrimination claim, that's a little broad from just the article, so I'd have to see what specifically was alleged regarding discrimination to comment on that.

[Bacon King]

First off, the word was repeatedly used by an employer in a derogatory fashion directed at his employee so this is workplace harassment regardless. Also on the race issue, this "Black Man" is a black Puerto Rican which is a bit different racially and culturally than if he was African American like his employee.

But more importantly guys this award was granted by a jury, not by a judge, so if you're going to attack that then you're attacking a freedom guaranteed to all americans by the bill of rights

[Pheurton Skeurto]

First off, the word was repeatedly used by an employer in a derogatory fashion directed at his employee so this is workplace harassment regardless. Also on the race issue, this "Black Man" is a black Puerto Rican which is a bit different racially and culturally than if he was African American like his employee.

But more importantly guys this award was granted by a jury, not by a judge, so if you're going to attack that then you're attacking a freedom guaranteed to all americans by the bill of rights

I'm sorry I doubted you, America

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

First off, the word was repeatedly used by an employer in a derogatory fashion directed at his employee so this is workplace harassment regardless. Also on the race issue, this "Black Man" is a black Puerto Rican which is a bit different racially and culturally than if he was African American like his employee.

But more importantly guys this award was granted by a jury, not by a judge, so if you're going to attack that then you're attacking a freedom guaranteed to all americans by the bill of rights

What about freedom of speech?

[opebo]

Employers shouldn't harass their employees, including through use of language. Not sure why this is controversial.

Right wingers prefer that employers be able to do anything they like with their employees.  'After all, they could quit'.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I'm siding with the black man.

[Reaganfan]

:Eyeroll: