Store Manager Refers to an Employee as a "Black Bit%h" and "Token"
EEOC v. R.T.G. Furniture Corp. No. 8:04-CV-2155-T24-TBM (M.D. Fla. May 16, 2006)
The Miami District Office of EEOC filed a Title VII case alleging that defendant, a retail furniture store chain, subjected two female charging parties (CPs) at its Seffner, Florida Clearance Center to sexual harassment and one of them to racial harassment (race black). The store manager subjected both CPs to sexually offensive comments (e.g., calling them "whore" and "bitch") and unwanted touching. He requested sexual favors in exchange for approving sales that the CPs had negotiated.
He also subjected the black CP to racially offensive remarks (calling her his "black bitch" and his "token" black salesperson), referred to blacks as "you people," disparaged CP for marrying a white man, and referred to racially mixed couples as "Oreos" or "Zebras." The store's assistant manager also made sexually and racially offensive comments to the black CP. Both CPs complained initially to the store manager and subsequently to the corporate Human Resources Director, but defendant took no corrective action.
Under the 3-year consent decree resolving this case, the two CPs will share $275,000 in monetary relief.
Source: http://www.eeoc.gov/litigation/settlements/settlement05-06.html
The Miami District Office of EEOC filed a Title VII case alleging that defendant, a retail furniture store chain, subjected two female charging parties (CPs) at its Seffner, Florida Clearance Center to sexual harassment and one of them to racial harassment (race black). The store manager subjected both CPs to sexually offensive comments (e.g., calling them "whore" and "bitch") and unwanted touching. He requested sexual favors in exchange for approving sales that the CPs had negotiated.
He also subjected the black CP to racially offensive remarks (calling her his "black bitch" and his "token" black salesperson), referred to blacks as "you people," disparaged CP for marrying a white man, and referred to racially mixed couples as "Oreos" or "Zebras." The store's assistant manager also made sexually and racially offensive comments to the black CP. Both CPs complained initially to the store manager and subsequently to the corporate Human Resources Director, but defendant took no corrective action.
Under the 3-year consent decree resolving this case, the two CPs will share $275,000 in monetary relief.
Source: http://www.eeoc.gov/litigation/settlements/settlement05-06.html
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