Adams, who is also black, explained the aunt's actions as "a cultural thing," saying "this is the way we discipline children in our culture." Adams told Schandelmeier that she had once tried to hit her daughter with a belt but hit the wall instead, and her daughter still screamed.
A jury said Schandelmeier's firing was racially motivated and awarded the woman $200,000. But an Illinois federal judge reversed...
I wonder if a welt magically appeared on her daughter’s arm like JJ’s.
“J.J. had a welt on his arm and was crying.”
So it sounds like she gets $30,000 four or five years after losing her job. I hope she found something else in the meantime.
I guess I'm old enough to have been "raised black".