Ex-NY Post editor sues paper, claims racism, sexism

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Source: Reuters

A former New York Post editor has sued the newspaper and its parent, News Corp, saying she was fired after complaining about sexism and racism, including a cartoon that appeared to liken U.S. President Barack Obama to a chimpanzee.

The lawsuit, filed on Monday in Manhattan federal court, said that Sandra Guzman, a black and Puerto Rican associate editor, was fired on September 29 in retaliation for complaints about pervasive racism and sexism at the newspaper.

The lawsuit said Guzman, the "only female editor of color at the Post," was among those who complained about a February 18 cartoon that depicted a policeman shooting a crazed chimpanzee, a play on an actual incident in Connecticut.

The caption read: "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill." This led many people to view the chimpanzee as a depiction of Obama, who a day earlier had signed into law a $787 billion economic stimulus package.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091110/us_nm/us_newscorp_nypost_lawsuit

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1. Deleted message

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[kestrel91316]

2. Welcome to DU. Enjoy your stay.

[tblue]

Yeah. Don't unpack.

[Spazito]

3. Your post is racist crap n/t

[Cal Carpenter]

4. Wow I actually got to see something

before it becomes a 'deleted message'!

[samsingh]

5. telling the truth, like Jesse, is doing is not playing the race card

[samsingh]

6. did you bother to read her allegations?

ny post is revolting and if what she says is true, breaking the law and insulting to women everywhere.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. Did you forget your white sheets or are they still soaked in urine?

[mule_train]

8. Tech workers train their H-1b replacements every day of the year before they're fired

so maybe that's made me a little cynical, I cant even inagine having a recourse for being fired for ANY reason, I guess I've never lived in that social class where a termination could be legally be called 'unjust'

in my world, there's no such thing

[noiretextatique]

9. gender and race discrimination is against the law

FYI.

[mule_train]

10. citizen tech workers get fired for being 'not Indian' all the time, and nobody gives a damn

that, and for having a national orgin (also supposedly illegal) of our OWN FREAKING COUNTRY!

[noiretextatique]

12. if you have been discriminated against, contact the EEOC

it's illegal to discriminate on the basis of race or national origin.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. No, they get fired because they're not cheap labor.

An Indian-American tech person would be fired in your scenario, too.

[mule_train]

16. that's still national orgin nt

[Starbucks Anarchist]

18. Not in the way that you think.

They're hiring foreign Indians for cheap labor, not because of their ethnicity. Similarly, they're displacing Americans (of all stripes) because they are not cheap labor.

It's not the American citizenship they have a problem with per se, it's the wage laws covered under said citizenship.

[mule_train]

21. 'It's not the American citizenship ' --> yes, it is

they want someone on a visa who is INDENTURED to the company

[Starbucks Anarchist]

23. You're misunderstanding discrimination based on national origin:

http://www.justice.gov/crt/legalinfo/natorigin.php#emp

Federal laws prohibit discrimination based on a person's national origin, race, color, religion, disability, sex, and familial status. Laws prohibiting national origin discrimination make it illegal to discriminate because of a person's birthplace, ancestry, culture or language. This means people cannot be denied equal opportunity because they or their family are from another country, because they have a name or accent associated with a national origin group, because they participate in certain customs associated with a national origin group, or because they are married to or associate with people of a certain national origin.

The example you gave illustrates a cheap-labor profit motive, not discrimination against Americans based on their national origin, according to the Justice Department.

[mule_train]

24. no, YOU dont understand that it's more than just cheap labor, it's INDENTURED labor

to the specific employer someone with citizenship or green card can QUIT, and H-1b CANT without risk of deportation

you dont work in tech, do you

[Starbucks Anarchist]

27. Yes, I understand how the system works.

But upthread, you said "not being Indian" was reason enough for Americans to get fired, as if skin color (and not cheap/indentured labor) was enough to fire Americans.

H-1Bs are not limited to only Indians, so when Americans are replaced by non-Indian H-1Bs, simply "not being Indian" is not the key to being let go from the company.

[mule_train]

25. Grassley went after a firm for exactly that, but it went nowhere

"We would like you to please explain how this practice does not constitute outright discrimination based on nationality and why your firm so blatantly promotes this type of behavior. "

http://grassley.senate.gov/news/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=11770

[noiretextatique]

11. how much money would you need to be black?

20/20 did a race town hall a few years ago. at the beginning of the meeting, white people said black people had certain advantages in this society, sort of like your post. but when the moderator asked them how much money they would need to be black in america, every single one said they'd have to have millions of dollars. and why? why because black people are discriminated against :crazy:
this dissonance and disconnect, is simply amazing.

[mule_train]

13. I've never heard a black person say they wanted to be white, nor should they - it's unnatural

to not have love or respect for your parents whom you resemble

[noiretextatique]

20. i have heard plenty black people say they believe

white people still have an advantage in american society. i doubt if any of them actually want to be white, but perhaps they'd like a little white privilege.

[Dogtown]

19. Racists

aren't welcome here.

[noiretextatique]

28. i alerted a while ago...and it is still here

some racists aren't welcome here.

[boppers]

22. Classy.

Don't let the door hit ya where god split ya.

[phasma ex machina]

15. M$M racism rears its fugly head yet again. nt

[EFerrari]

17. Andale, hermanita Guzman! Get them where they live. nt

[pattmarty]

26. Well, on a lighter note, what else would you expect from the NY Post?

[SoCalDem]

31. and unfortunately, this will be played out in court as a "disgruntled former-employee"

out to "get" her former employer :(

[pattmarty]

32. Yeah, but if she wins and from what we hear it looks good, this can...................

................be held up as another "bad" thing about so called conservative media.

[BrklynLiberal]

29. I hope she wins millions and millions...

[Teramis]

30. Murdoch's newspaper has done some racist cartoons in the past

I remember when they compared portrayed President Obama as a gorilla. I believe the cartoonist was fired.

[Tunkamerica]

33. did you read the post?

It specifically mentions that.