Black Sues Black for Racism -- And Gets $40,000!

BET.COM ^ | 8/14/03 | Alex P. Kellogg

[Graybeard58]

"i just had a flashback of my 'current moral and social issues' class at Rutgers, thanks to you"

Bryn Mawr man myself. (JOKE)

[rmmcdaniell]

i just had a flashback of my 'current moral and social issues' class at Rutgers, thanks to you.

Just graduated from there, fortunately I got away with taking "Religions of the Western World" for my cross-cultural studies elective. Even though I don't care much for religion, it was better than some of the other more stomach-churning alternatives I could have taken to satisfy that requirement.

[JusPasenThru]

I skipped that class. What in the hell did I just say?

[On the Road to Serfdom]

Burch experienced what Black scholars refer to as "colorism," discrimination within the Black community that goes back to the days of slavery in the United States

B.S. This kind of thing goes on in Africa more than the USA, and it is not a result of slavery.

[MatthewViti]

that settlement makes me think that Applebees acted niggardly, surely the black man deserved more. show him the money!

[hosepipe]

In a country deporting God instead of illegal aliens its little wonder more rididulous things are not happening...
-OR- are they ?...

[Victoria Delsoul]

The number of cases involving allegations of skin-tone discrimination jumped from 413 in fiscal year 1994 to 1,382 in 2002, according to the EEOC.

Is this what Jesse Jackson calls the Rainbow coalition?

[spodefly]

A dark-skinned Black waiter at an Applebee's restaurant near Atlanta alleged that his light-skinned Black supervisor was discriminating against him.

There is the answer to the question "Will people ever get beyond skin color?"

[yankeedame]

Burch experienced what Black scholars refer to as "colorism," discrimination within the Black community that goes back to the days of slavery in the United States.....

Well, I was wondering how they'd get around the blamin' whitey. But if I may I would like to point out that this dark skin/light skin is found in every culture - Chinese, Persian, Irish, Ethiopian, Greek, you name it - and throughout history. And this is especially true re: women.

Having lighter (whatever your "color") skin meant that one did not work in the fields, did not have to work in the fields, could afford to have others work in the field for you. It meant you were upper class.

A man has always been expected to be darker - bronzed, rugged - than a female. After all, he's often outdoors. Not, of course, b/c he has to be, only b/c he wants to be.
The upper class woman - again, of any and all races - is lighter skin (she doesn't work the fields), her skin and hair is soft and smooth (no drying sun, no scrubbing floors or laundry).

It's not the color, it's the class...and, in this case, the class is represented by the color.

[kcar]

"So, good for him."?!

It was Applebees that paid, and then only because it could be charged as a one-off restructuring charge to get out of this area more quickly. Lawyers, racist-racist-racists, and Diversity-sensitivity sucks.

[kcar]

What a wonderful feel-good collectivist homily. I nominate Julia Roberts to play the role of this former burger-flipper, Richard Gere to play the struggling attorney who nevertheless takes this on pro bona (hmmm, pass on that one), and Michael Moore to duel playing the obnoxious supervisor and the obnoxious director.

[AM2000]

I don't even remember what I took anymore. I think I took some class on Eastern religions.. some Asian professor.. Hinduism, Buddhism, etc. It was ok, an easy A, which is all I cared about at the time.

[freekitty]

Go for the mil.

[hoosiermama]

Years ago in an english class we delved into the origin of "BAD" words. If I remember correctly the "N" was a derivative of "Nigra" meaning black and simply meant unpure black. It was used to designate the offsprings produced by the master/slave, and was used by the slaves in a negative way toward each other. (Since many of the lighter skinned were given priveleges, often house slaves, they were resented by those that did the more physical work in the field.)

[AM2000]

interesting. so the original n's were the lighter-complected ones?

[TC Rider]

Hmmm, the old 'paper bag test' raises its ugly head again.

[Jorge]

Ok. So does it count if the black girl at work tells me, "You so white you look dead?"
She did. Seriously.
Does this count. Can I sue?

Please don't tell me you are upset by a stupid comment by an illiterate racist black girl.

I've lived with black people in black neighborhoods and learned that they call each other "ugly" and other insulting names all the time. Big deal.

[mhking]

Hmmm, the old 'paper bag test' raises its ugly head again.

Indeed...

[usadave]

Geez, I've been called some serious racist names by blacks, Can I sue too? "Cracker" and "White devil" are just two names in a large pool of racist names!

Based on the article, you would probably have a better chance of winning a lawsuit if you were called "Cracker" and "White devil" by another white person.

[hoosiermama]

That was my understanding. They were the outcasts of "their own" people (much like the children fathered by soldiers during the Korean War.The lighter skinned newly freed slaves were more likely to be the educated, accepting members of the European culture. After the publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin (I own my grandmother's copy), "Uncle Tom" became the name of choice, and the "N" word was used about anyone that either blacks or whites wished to invalidate.