Aug 19, 2010
11th Circuit: Term ‘Boy’ Doesn’t Prove Race Discrimination
During 14 years of litigation over claims that he was denied a promotion because he is black, John Hithon has twice been awarded jury verdicts of more than $1 million. His case prompted the U.S. Supreme Court to say that using the word “boy” to describe an African-American man could by itself be evidence of discrimination