A Lower Saucon Township couple say their sons have endured racial slurs and race-related attacks in Saucon Valley schools and administrators have failed to protect them. Kerry and Sheila MacLean sued the school district in federal court over race-related events they said they have logged since they moved into the school district in 2013. According to the lawsuit, their high school- and middle …
After months of calling Trump supporters racist, CNN now faces a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit alleging racism from their own black employees. Odd, considering how vigorously CNN leveled those same charges before and after the election. CNN host Van Jones called the election of Trump a “whitelash” against a black president, while a CNN contributor accused Trump of “a lack of …
In a blow to equal rights in workplaces everywhere in America, a federal appeals court ruled September 15 that rescinding a job offer based on a candidate’s refusal to remove her dreadlocks does not constitute racial discrimination on the part of an employer. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 against an Equal Employment Opportunity …
A former University of Minnesota employee has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that she lost her job in the Office for Equity and Diversity for raising concerns about racial profiling on campus. Alysia Lajune of Woodbury says that she was forced out as a vice president’s assistant in 2014 after she criticized university officials for identifying suspects in campus crime alerts as black males. …
The company that manages a Greenville apartment complex will pay $40,000 to settle a racial harassment and …
The family of a teenage football player in Idaho is suing the high school for $10 million after the boy was allegedly raped by his teammates, with the lawsuit claiming the horrific crime was racially motivated. On Oct. 23, three white students at Dietrich High School allegedly restrained their 18-year-old black teammate and put a coat hanger into his rectum, followed by one of the assailants …
State troopers who won $5M racial discrimination lawsuit are suing again Local News State troopers who won $5M racial discrimination lawsuit are suing again They fight crime for a living and now there is a legal battle between Michigan State Police and two of their own. Two Michigan State Police officers recently won a multi-million dollar lawsuit on the claims of racial discrimination. Since …