At 3:37 PM -0400 8/22/00, David Honig wrote:
>Disney to Settle Racial Bias Suit Over
> Radio Gag
>
> By CHUCK PHILIPS, Times Staff Writer
>
>
> Walt Disney Co. has agreed
>to pay $2
> million to a former employee to
>settle a
> racial discrimination lawsuit
>stemming
> from its involvement in a radio
>promotion
called "The Black Hoe."
The problems are multi-fold:
-- it costs little to sue, and much for Disney to defend itself. The
party who sues can do it for very little money, even pro se, or on a
contingency fee basis. Disney, the party being sued, must defend
itself with vigor (and many lawyers), lest a jury vote to hit it with
massive punitive fines. (This is part of the anti-wealth bias in
America..not as bad as some places, but juries still have a tendency
to "stick it to the rich corporations.')
-- it is impossible for a countersuit against this Judy Goodwin to
offset the risks. In a fair world, Disney would be able to countersue
Goodwin and, if it prevails, have her paying off her bill for the
rest of her life.
-- the obvious political correctness angle
Calling a spade a spade is no longer possible.
Can I sue the movie studio that produced the racist "White Men Can't Jump"?
(Better yet, maybe I should I produce a sequel: "Black Men Can't Think.")
--Tim May
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