Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Even Black Men Can't Call Women Bitches

The New York Knicks got hit with an $11.6 million judgment by a jury in the Isiah Thomas sexual harrassment case.
The breakdown is $6 million for allowing a hostile work enviroment, $2.6 for retaliating against Anucha Browne Sanders by firing her, and an additional $3 million from James Dolan personally.
Isiah Thomas got off the hook financially but his reputation is completely ruined. And it was pretty bad before.
I think the Knicks big downfall in this case involved Kathleen Decker. Her story was proof that the Knicks allowed an even fostered an air of sexual harrassment at the Garden.
A story about a young girl feeling pressured to have sex with a man because she views him as a superior, that's classic sexual harrassment right there.
And as usual, it wasn't the crime that was so bad, it was the coverup. Decker was evidently discouraged from talking about it, and given a full-time job. And a few weeks before her testimony, she was given a promotion and drastically changed her story.
I think that incident convinced the jury about the hostile work environment, and led them to believe that the Knicks were covering things up and the Anucha was telling the truth.
Not to diminish what she went through but for $11.6 million my employers can call me a black bitch, a hook-nosed Jew and fire me if they want. But when it comes down to it, I'd say she deserves the money more than the pricks at MSG and the Knicks who've ruined the team and the organization as a whole.

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