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The fate of the ‘most offensive word’ hangs in limbo 14 May 2021 Jessica Gresko, Associated Press 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, he regularly rode an elevator with the N-word carved into a wall. Collier ultimately sued the hospital, but lower courts dismissed his case. Now, however, at a private conference, the Supreme Court will cons...

Justices consider hearing a case on 'most offensive word' Jessica Gresko Tags:  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) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) WASHINGTON – Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dalla...

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...

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, is just whether someone who experiences an isolated instance of the racial slur can “advance their...

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 — Editor's Note: Includes references throughout to racist language. Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurse...