A white college receptionist is fired when it is found that she told a black college applicant that the applications for admissions are distinguished by race by the notation of a small RH in the corner of black applicants' applications. "RH," she says, is her supervisor's term for "raisin heads," which he calls African-Americans. Is the employee entitled to reinstatement? [Jet magazine article.]

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Lucille Riddle

8 September, 05:44

A white college receptionist is fired when it is found that she told a black college applicant that the applications for admissions are distinguished by race by the notation of a small RH in the corner of black applicants' applications. "RH," she says, is her supervisor's term for "raisin heads," which he calls African-Americans. Is the employee entitled to reinstatement? [Jet magazine article.]

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Maeve Beasley · Answer 1

Probably the employee will be entitled to reintegration into the company. The employee probably lost her job because she exposed the discriminatory employment conditions of blacks in that company. In this case, it is possible for the employee to take legal action for retaliation against her rights, protected by Title VII.