Better Think Twice About Reporting Workplace Racism

Jordan v. Alternative Resources Corp., No. 05-1485 (4th Circuit) - Declined to Review 10/13/06

Apparently, it's still all right in the Fourth Circuit to fire someone for reporting racial slurs in the workplace.

Remember Robert Jordan? He was the African-American man who alleged that his company changed his work schedule and then fired him shortly after he complained that a co-worker had blurted out: "They should put those two black monkeys in a cage with a bunch of black apes and let the apes f**k them." In May we reported that Bush I appointee Paul Niemeyer and Nixon appointee H. Emory Widener -- over an incredulous dissent by Clinton appointee Robert King -- decided that federal anti-discrimination law did not outlaw Jordan's employer from retaliating against him for making his complaint.

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