Report: United Parcel Service Discriminating On Basis of Color
January 30, 2008 – 11:32 pmBrown is OK when its being used in the logo, but not when its the color of employee’s skin, says one newspaper report coming out of Commerce City, Colorado by BlackNews.com. The news organization which covers items of interest to the black community leveled several charges of discrimination against UPS over alleged conduct at one UPS hub in Commerce City, Colorado in a press release.
From the BlackNews.com Press Release:
Then why are Caucasian employees and a Caucasian management team, at this Commerce City Hub in Colorado targeting African American employees with blatant discrimination and racial slurs like, “that is not a reason to throw away a good Black Boy,” said a supervisor, speaking to two Black employees. A Caucasian employee came up to a Black employee saying, “What is a Police Helicopter call?” The Black employee said, “What”? The Caucasian employee said, “A Ghetto Bird”. A White supervisor told a black employee, “don’t just sit there, get up and run like Kunta Kenta”, a Black Slave in the book and movie “ROOTS” written by Alex Haley. A White employee making racial slur about Sambo, a Black Boy viewed as a racist stereotype that lead to the White character known as Blackface and painted on thick white lips, and calling African Americans a vulgar and vile word such as Niggers.