City Faces Discrimination Lawsuit

A group of current and former workers for the city of Kennesaw is accusing officials of racial discrimination committed and condoned by city officials. The lawsuit filed by three men Monday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta alleges that city officials used and permitted racial slurs and jokes at the workplace, and threatened and belittled minority workers. Two of the plaintiffs in the case are black; the other is Korean. All the defendants are white. The plaintiffs say they complained on several occasions to management about the alleged discrimination, but the complaints were not investigated.

(Associated Press)

Realtor charged with discrimination

A Jonesboro realtor faces federal charges of using race to steer clients toward certain neighborhoods. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says an undercover operation found that Rodney Foreman refused to take white clients into predominantly black neighborhoods. HUD says he also allegedly told white clients that he kept different listings for whites and African-Americans. Foreman faces fines and punitive damages if found guilty.