A "Good Ole Nigger"

Hat tip: Colonized Mind

Leslie Southwick was confirmed to fill a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit last week. Southwick previously served as a judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals where authored two interesting opinions.

In 1998, Southwick joined a ruling in an employment case that upheld the reinstatement, without any punishment whatsoever, of a white state employee who was fired for calling an African American co-worker a “good ole nigger.” The court’s decision found that the “nigger” reference did not create a “hostile work environment,‘ effectively ratified a hearing officer’s opinion that the slur was only “somewhat derogatory” and “was in effect calling the individual a ‘teacher’s pet.’” The Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously reversed the decision.

Senator Dianne Feinstein of Calfornia, another Democratic “friend” of black people, voted for Southwick’s confirmation over major objections.

TheStateOf . . . Hostile Work Enviroment. Does one use of a racial slur create a “hostile work environment?” A “hostile work environment” exists when an employee experiences workplace harassment and fears going to work because of the offensive, intimidating, or oppressive atmosphere generated by the harasser.