Affirmative Action Gets Twisted

From George Washington University comes an unusual affirmative action case: a white employee charging his supervisor of color with discrimination. “Two former University Police officers have filed discrimination complaints against the University Police Department, alleging mistreatment based on their race,” Amy D’onofrio reported in The GW Hatchet. “The officers, both men in their mid-20s, filed complaints through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission—a D.C. agency that seeks to protect employees from discrimination in the workplace—alleging UPD supervisors, including Interim Police Chief James Isom, discriminated against them.”

“University spokeswoman Candace Smith said it is University policy not to comment on personnel matters, but added that GW is taking the complaints seriously and is ‘looking into the matter.’ Isom did not respond to requests for comment.

“The first officer, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation, filed a complaint July 7 naming Isom, who is black, as the principal supervisor in the alleged discrimination. The officer was employed by the University from March until he resigned in July. He is Indian-American.

“Throughout his time at UPD, the first officer said he was given the ‘38’ patrol, in which he had to check various residential halls on campus and walk the equivalent of about six miles per shift. He said he noticed he would get the ‘38’ patrol one to three times a week – more than other officers – and said that the post is often referred to as the ‘ethnic post or African post’ by other officers.

“In addition, the officer—a GW Law School graduate—said he requested a three-week leave of absence to take the bar exam. He said Isom denied his request, though another Caucasian officer who had been hired after him was allegedly given similar leave for a different exam.”

“...Equal Employment Opportunity Commission—a D.C. agency that seeks to protect employees from discrimination in the workplace.”

Good luck with that. Those are just code words. The chance of this guy getting help there is about the same as a guy getting help from family services, etc.

This scam is going on big time under the Obama regime. 12 women sue Big Lots for job loss (http://www.post-trib.com/news/2641986,new-biglots0827.article) August 27, 2010 BY TERESA AUCH SCHULTZ, (219) 648-3120 A group of former employees at the old Big Lots in Merrillville is suing the corporation, claiming race and age discrimination. According to the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Hammond, 12 women, all of whom are black and older than 40, were told in July 2009 that the store was closing and moving to U.S. 30 in Hobart, just east of Westfield Southlake Mall. However, the lawsuit says, the women were told that they could not transfer to the new store. Instead, they were given two options: a severance package that would be capped at 12 years of service, even though some of the employees had been there longer, or a transfer to another store in a 30-mile radius that would not be guaranteed full-time. All but two of the women worked full-time. The store eventually did say that employees could transfer to the new Hobart store but only white employees were interviewed, according to the lawsuit. Big Lots settled another lawsuit earlier this year in California for $400,000. That lawsuit claimed race harassment and discrimination. The company could not be reached for comment. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigated the store in April.

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