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Supreme Court consider hearing a case on most offensive word If the justices agree, they could decide whether the use of one word alone allows an employee to sue under Title VII of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Author: JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press Published: 8:09 AM CDT May 13, 2021 Updated: 8:09 AM CDT May 13, 2021 WASHINGTON — Editors Note: Includes references throughout to racist language. Robert Collier says that during the sev...

Jennifer A. Holmes, a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which has urged the court to take the case, says she hopes the conversations taking place nationally will push the justices in that direction. Doing so gives the court an “opportunity to show that they’re not insensitive to issues of race,” Holmes said. And courts are "all the time" confronting workplace discrimination claims involving use of the racial slur, she said. The question for the justices, she said, ...

Jennifer A. Holmes, a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which has urged the court to take the case, says she hopes the conversations taking place nationally will push the justices in that direction. Doing so gives the court an “opportunity to show that they’re not insensitive to issues of race,” Holmes said. And courts are "all the time" confronting workplace discrimination claims involving use of the racial slur, she said. The question for the justices, she said, ...

Robert Collier is asking the U.S. Supreme Court justices to decide whether a single use of the racial slur in the workplace can create a hostile work...

Robert Collier is asking the U.S. Supreme Court justices to decide whether a single use of the racial slur in the workplace can create a hostile work...

May 13, 2021 The Supreme Court is considering today whether to hear the case of a black man who says he suffered discrimination because the N-word was carved into the wall of the hospital elevator where he worked. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurses called him and other black employees “boy.” Management ignored two large swastikas pai...

Jennifer A. Holmes, a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which has urged the court to take the case, says she hopes the conversations taking place nationally will push the justices in that direction. Doing so gives the court an “opportunity to show that they’re not insensitive to issues of race,” Holmes said. And courts are "all the time" confronting workplace discrimination claims involving use of the racial slur, she said. The question for the justices, she said, ...

US Supreme Court might weigh in on the ‘N-word’ Updated 7:13 AM; Today 7:13 AM In this June 29, 2020 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP Facebook Share Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurses called him and other Black employees “boy.” Management ignored two large swastikas painted on a storage room wall. And for six months, h...

Jennifer A. Holmes, a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which has urged the court to take the case, says she hopes the conversations taking place nationally will push the justices in that direction. Doing so gives the court an “opportunity to show that they’re not insensitive to issues of race,” Holmes said. And courts are "all the time" confronting workplace discrimination claims involving use of the racial slur, she said. The question for the justices, she said, ...

Jessica Gresko FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, night falls on the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court is considering whether to hear the case of a Black man who says he suffered discrimination because the N-word was carved into the wall of the hospital elevator where he worked. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) May 13, 2021 - 4:39 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at P...