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[url=http://wreg.com/2014/06/02/worker-records-racist-supervisor-in-cotton-gin/]MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There are shocking allegations of racial discrimination in a Memphis cotton warehouse.
Two men filed charges against the Atkinson Cotton Warehouse.
They’re accusing their former supervisor of calling them “monkeys” and telling them the water fountain and microwave were for white people only.
The cotton industry’s history reminds some people of slavery.[/url]
Read the rest in the link.
Opinions on this?
inb4 some people of the offtopic defend supervisor for being racist
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We give them freedom and they go right back to picking cotton? SMH they should be playing basketball or making rap videos.
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An older racist white man in a supervisory position in the South making racist comments to his workers? I don't think this has ever happened before.
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[quote]Microwave is for white people only[/quote] >There are employees that actually use the company microwave
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I'm glad he got fired.
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Edited by Foxy: 6/4/2014 11:05:57 PMMurcia is a free country and he can do whatever he wants on his property. They don't have to work there if they don't like the working conditions. Next thred mang. #whiterights #freedomofspeech #freedomtoinsult
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am i the only one who finds it humorous that this happened in a cotton warehouse
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Edited by Psy: 6/4/2014 10:58:16 PMYeehaw Tennessee doesn't have the same ring to it :l Sorry Texans, pls don shoot meh. *waits for that one guy who defends the supervisor*