AJC: Federal court refuses to kill DeKalb reverse-discrimination suit
Why do I post these type of stories?
I do so because it shows how the outrage that is presented in one domain of "discrimination" does not translate into national outrage when a similar set of events transpire.
Of course those seeking to defend their own bigotry will make the case that I am "protecting White people" (though they use words that are far more hateful).
The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in 2004 by four current and former employees of the county Parks and Recreation Department. They alleged DeKalb had a plan to harass and discriminate against white managers and claimed Jones, who took office in 2001 as the county’s first black CEO, said he wanted a “darker administration” to reflect “the new DeKalb County.”
Lawyers for DeKalb appealed, asking for dismissal. But in a ruling issued Friday, a three-judge panel sent the suit back to the trial court.
The order by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals says that in 2001 DeKalb “embarked on a wholesale plan to replace its white managers with African Americans.” It also says there is “shocking” evidence of “an overt and unabashed pattern of discrimination.”
The judges made one decision favorable to the county, giving immunity to former DeKalb Executive Assistant Richard Stogner, the lone white defendant, for actions he took that led to the elimination of the one of the plaintiff’s jobs.
The key words that stand out in this passage are the ones that cause me to think about the events that occurred in the pool outside of Philadelphia a few months ago. The thought that these people's actions centered upon the race of the people who were threatening to them was seen as intolerable.
Ironically I found the printout from the New Haven Fire Fighter case that I had marked up several weeks ago. I highlighted the words and thoughts of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Her actions are no less intentional as what are seen in this lawsuit. She simply hides her hand behind a sufficient set of legalisms that she receives cover per the system that is established - each node providing complicit approval.
Of course we live in a nation that was founded on systematic racism.
All that I ask is that those who practice "moral supremacy" in their ability to find contemptible actions in others to not proclaim their purity when in truth they have the same discriminatory intent.
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