Benjamin Moore Paint Colors With Chocolate Brown Furniture
Paintbrush, can are different to the story. (Fujoshi)
The New Jersey man says in the clothing that Benjamin Moore had “despicable and racially calumniating acrylic colors” that in two cases, commutual his aboriginal and aftermost names alone with “brown” and “chocolate,” letters Courthouse News (via NewJersey.com)
So for example, if his name is Joe Smith, the names were Joe Brown and Smith Chocolate — but his name is not as accepted as that.
He claims in the accusation that back he started alive at the aggregation in June 2011 in its Digital Marketing department, “it was bright to the plaintiff that he was not allotment of the acceptable culture” of the company.
The aboriginal problems started, he says, during the barrage of a assertive campaign, area one of the colors in it was his aftermost name additional Chocolate. As that was allotment of his name and he’s a atramentous man, “the plaintiff begin this to be acutely racially offensive” and that “when this was mentioned at a affair with at atomic eight bodies including his supervisor, this was met with awkward silence.”
There’s addition blush that he says a adolescent agent acicular out to him that combines his aboriginal name and Brown, and that the added artisan allegedly “thought it was funny.”
After accusatory at added times and aboveboard cogent his again antipathy to the abhorrent blush names, he claims “no activity was anytime taken by Benjamin Moore to change the names of these colors and they abide on Benjamin Moore’s web armpit and are still awash on the accessible bazaar with these racially abhorrent names.”
His accusation additionally alleges that he was anesthetized over for promotions due to his race, and wasn’t accepting paid overtime. He’s claiming blameworthy abortion in March 2014, back he was accursed but Benjamin Moore retained his “two white, blonde-haired and baby subordinates.”
He’s gluttonous amercement for discrimination, backfire and a adverse assignment environment; Benjamin Moore hasn’t about commented on the lawsuit.
*Thanks for the tip, R.G.
Fired Artisan Finds Acrylic Names Abhorrent [Courthouse News]
