NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A federal jury has rejected an argument that the use of the N-word among blacks can be a culturally acceptable term of love and endearment, ruling instead that its use in the workplace is hostile and discriminatory no matter what.
Jurors last week awarded $250,000 in compensatory damages to a worker at the black employment agency STRIVE East Harlem who was the target of an N-word-laced rant by her black boss.
The jury was set to return to a U.S. District Court in Manhattan Tuesday to decide on punitive damages.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/09/03/jury-to-rule-on-punitive-damages-in-controversial-case-on-racial-slurs/