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Quorn or Stent? Let me start the ball rolling ….. I too had the same dilemma – I wanted a small T & C grinder, but was it to be the Quorn or the Stent? In the event, I chose the Quorn and completed construction over a period of several years. The Stent as designed is a fairly crude machine whilst the Quorn appears to be far more sophisticated.  Was this the right decision? Although the Quorn will carry out many operations, particularly with special attachments, I have become increasing...

When did you notice overt racism? >> well, when an employee that was under me, he told me that back in the day, a person like me would have been buried with a shovel. >> reporter: he said what to you? >> that was a death threat. and i was told to push bat to the side. >> reporter: boyd says he reported the incident. >> he admitted to it and i was pulled to the side and said, you know, if you want to build relationships here, you know, you just let things go, hell be all right. >> reporter: but h...

Who want to put a noose around your neck and hang you until youre dead? >> reporter: theres a reason he brings up nooses, its not a figure of speech. >> this is the picture of the noose i found the night i was at work on my shift. >> reporter: according to a lawsuit now pending against gm, this is someone of at least five nooses discovered at their workplace in separate incidents. the suit also claims there were signs that blacks were not welcome there. whites only scrawled on a bathroom wall al...

Nooses, whites only signs and the "n" word on full display. sounds like something from the jim crow era, right? thats not more than -- this is exactly, in fact, what more than a half dozen black autoworkers at a general motors plant in w ohio say theyre facing in a lawsuit against the automaker. gm says its doing all it can to get rid of the problem but a state law enforcement agency says they arent doing enough. cnns sara sidner has the details on this story and i must warn you, it includes dis...

Language in this story. >> everyday he walks into walk, marcus boyd, prays that hell survive his shift. >> i feel at risk for my life everyday. >> reporter: both working at the general motors plant in toledo, high hel ohio. brooks struggled to what was handling of what was happening at work. >> how rough can you be if you have 11 or 12 people who wants to put a noose on your neck. >> this was the picture that i found. >> reporter: according to a lawsuit pending against gm, this is one of five no...

Life? >> definitely. thats why i left. >> march 2017. >> reporter: derek brooks says he reported to upper management. he was sure he was the intended target but told he was told to investigate by questions of employees. >> it felt like a slap in the face. i had to be professional. brooks and other black employees being called dam. >> i thought they mispronounced my name but i found d.a.n. was an acronym. for dumb as ass niger. and everyday and every one at general motors is expected to uphold th...

Language in this story. >> everyday he walks into walk, marcus boyd, prays that hell survive his shift. unscathed. >> >> i feel at risk for my life everyday. >> a former marine worked in the same place. both supervisors at different shifts. >> reporter: both working at the general motors plant in toledo, ohio. brooks struggled to what was handling of what was happening at work. >> how rough can you be if you have 11 or 12 people who wants to put a noose on your neck. and hang you until youre dea...

Employees. >> it felt like a slap in the face. i had to be professional. >> reporter: brooks and other black employees were also called dan. >> i found out it was an acronym for "dumb ass nigger." >> reporter: it is in stark contrast to how gm says they expect people to show up for work. we are committed to providing an environment thats safe, open and inclusive. and every day everyone at general maters is expected to hold up the integral values of their culture. according to half a dozen curren...

Thats the great american company. what are you doing about this? >> reporter: so far, gm says during their investigation they havent figured out who was responsible for hanging the nooses. no one has been fired for that. they said they have dismissed some people during their extensive work on anti-discrimination and anti-intimidation. the process continues, they say, to this day in all of its plants. i should tell you just yesterday we received information from inside the plant from one of the e...

Swastikas. and not allowed. scratched or written on bathroom walls. >> this is saying you dont belong here. if you stay here, this is what the possibility of what can happen to you. >> in the struggling town, they didnt want to leave their six figure job. brooks has a children and taking care of his mother whos an amputee. hes suing gm for hate. and bullying. >> >> when did you notice the overt racism. >> when an employee told me back in the day like me would have been buried with a shovel. >> h...