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>Indian Firefighter Files Complaint
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>.c The Associated Press
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> CHICAGO (AP) -- An American Indian firefighter said co-workers taunted him
>with slurs of ``Geronimo'' and mocked him with dances and chants, and his
>superiors ignored his complaints.
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>Because of his complaints, two other firefighters were suspended for 30 days
>without pay, the most serious punishment possible short of termination,
>department spokesman Mike Cosgrove said Friday.
>
>Four supervisors were suspended without pay for failing to act on the
>complaints. Their suspensions range from three to 30 days.
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>The victim, who asked that his name not be used for fear of retribution,
filed
>a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He said the
>harassment began almost immediately after his transfer to Engine Co. 112 on
>the city's northwest side in the fall of 1997.
>
>The firefighter said he was repeatedly called obscenities and names that
>included ``Chief Sitting Bull'' and ``Geronimo.'' He said co-workers
performed
>Indian dances and chants to mock him. He also alleged he was ridiculed after
>objecting to his colleagues' use of racial slurs against blacks.
>
>It's not the first time the Chicago Fire Department, which is overwhelmingly
>male and nearly three-quarters white, has faced allegations of racism in its
>ranks.
>
>Earlier this year, more than two dozen firefighters were disciplined for
>participating in a firehouse beer party in 1990 that was caught on videotape
>and released to the media seven years later. On the videotape, firefighters
>guzzle beer, drop their pants and sing a song that includes racial slurs.
>
>AP-NY-12-14-98 1032EST
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