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Post by Rishi Wed Sep 04, 2013 4:20 pm

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/slur_tainly_offensive_r0HRwx67XZz65fYZMpVQaM

Hostile use of the N-word in the workplace is always offensive and discriminatory — even when an African-American utters it, according to a Manhattan federal jury.

The panel rejected arguments from lawyers for a black Harlem employment-agency boss that it was OK for him to use the hateful slur — and ordered him and his company to cough up $280,000 to a female worker of the same race who was subjected to his tirade.

Single mom Brandie Johnson won compensatory and punitive damages in her suit against STRIVE East Harlem President Rob Carmona, 61, for repeated verbal abuse — including a March 2012 rant she caught on tape.

The case focused on what many see as a double standard over the N-word — that it’s racist if uttered by whites but culturally acceptable when used by blacks in music or when speaking to one another.

Johnson testified that being black made it no less painful to be subjected to Carmona’s vile taunts.


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