And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 214 >Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 11:03:20 EST >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [FN] Fwd: Indian Firefighter Files Complaint >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Indian Firefighter Files Complaint >Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 10:33:23 EST >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >Indian Firefighter Files Complaint > >.c The Associated Press > > 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. > >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. > >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 > > Copyright 1998 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP >news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise >distributed without prior written authority of The Associated Press. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment ...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ `"` `"` `"` `"` `"` `"`