Slaw: The boundaries’ of the N-word in employment

While reading Jottings By An Employer’s Lawyer (which by the way is a very good US blawg for those who are interested), I found out about a case where news anchor Tom Burlington at Fox 29 in Philadelphia was fired for using the n-word during a staff meeting at which reporters and producers were discussing reporter Robin Taylor’s story about the symbolic burial of the word by the Philadelphia Youth Council of the NAACP. To put it simply, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer:

For more, read my latest post on the topic on Slaw

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