I was in federal district court in Minneapolis recently and I had the opportunity to observe an argument in a hostile environment employment discrimination case which helped to remind me of some simple lessons that may be worth recalling.
The plaintiff in that case[1]� is an African-American U.S. Postal Service employee – a letter carrier – who was at work in his post office when a manager swung a whip (yes, a whip) from a distance of two or three feet away from the area plaintiff was working. According to the plaintiff (who was the only African-American employee employed in that post office), the manager then said, “Get to work.”
