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Tanuki

(14,920 posts)
Wed Jul 17, 2019, 07:53 AM Jul 2019

RacistScum45's tweet violates EEOC federal anti-discrimination law.

https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/immigrants-facts.cfm

...."Harassment Based on National Origin
Ethnic slurs and other verbal or physical conduct because of nationality are illegal if they are severe or pervasive and create an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment, interfere with work performance, or negatively affect job opportunities. Examples of potentially unlawful conduct include insults, taunting, or ethnic epithets, such as making fun of a person's foreign accent or comments like, "Go back to where you came from, " whether made by supervisors or by co-workers."....
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RacistScum45's tweet violates EEOC federal anti-discrimination law. (Original Post) Tanuki Jul 2019 OP
He is - every day- in breach of his oath of office. Zoonart Jul 2019 #1
Telling someone to go back where came from is indeed racist Gothmog Jul 2019 #2
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