In Ash v. Tyson Foods, Tyson Foods was sued by two black long-time employees for discrimination. They claimed they were passed over for promotions by a white manager who called them “boys.” The plaintiffs won at the district court level but the ruling was reversed by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. The appeals court ruled that calling them boys alone was not enough to show discrimination. That court should know as they probably call their porter “boy” everyday. (An interesting tidbit: the court released the opinion unsigned.) However, the Supremes unanimously overruled the appeals court and sent the case back on remand. The Chicago Sun-Times published today, with a hint of astonishment, that “‘Boy’ could be a racial slur, says high court.” Anybody who watched “Goodtimes” knows that “boy” is a White racist word.
The State of . . . The Supreme Court seems to know age-old racial slurs when they hear one. Great! I still wouldn’t be too quick to say these two new conservative justices are friends of people of color or the downtrodden.
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