Electrician fired after black co-worker reported racist act. August 22,
2008
*A noose was found hanging in a building at the Children's Hospital Of
Philadelphia [CHOP], prompting the local FBI to investigate the act as a
possible hate crime, reports MyFoxPhiladelphia.com.
CHOP officials said an employee found the noose hanging in an
electrical shop on Aug. 11.
The newspaper said sources claimed a white employee of the
International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers [IBEW] hung the noose on a
light fixture on the 13th floor of the Aberson Pediatric Research Center.
After an investigation, the worker alleged to have put it there was
fired.
Sources also said that the worker was asked three times to take the
racially offensive noose down by an African-American co-worker. When he
repeatedly refused, he was reported, investigated and fired.
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their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change."
- Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
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