This is interesting to say the least:
A federal discrimination lawsuit filed this month against the Lansing Board of Water & Light says two employees in November wore Ku Klux Klan-like hoods to apparently taunt a black co-worker.
That incident is one of several allegations made by Corey Clay in the lawsuit filed Feb. 9 in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids.
Clay, an electrical worker from Lansing who was hired in 2001, endured “a racially discriminating hostile work environment” for many years with little or no management response, according to the lawsuit.
BWL spokesman Mark Nixon said that after learning about the November incident, management took immediate action that resulted in “disciplinary action and the termination of a Board of Water & Light employee.”
Nixon added: “The law firm representing Mr. Clay is aware of these actions.”
Clay’s Clinton Township-based attorney, Heidi Sharp, said one of the employees was reinstated recently.
Clay works as an apprentice under that employee’s purview and is evaluated by him, Sharp said.
The situation “has just been devastating to him emotionally,” she said.
via Lawsuit claims racial bias at BWL — Lansing State Journal.
I have to really wonder. What is the other side of this story? Not one to pre-judge, but something tells me there is much more to this story than is being reported by this very liberal media outlet.
(Via The Detroit Free Press)