Black firefighters in NC allege racism amid larger reckoning

in September, saying its fire department discriminated against them because of their gender and race. One alleged a captain overseeing her training said she should “keep her head down and act like a slave” to graduate from the program., saying they did nothing to stop racial discrimination within the fire department after he received hostile comments and found a banana on his assigned firetruck’s windshield. He filed another lawsuit this summer.

“We’d had very few grievances or complaints in the last couple of years,” Garrity said. “But I am sure there are opportunities for improvement.”In early November, Penn said the climate assessment hadn’t begun and added in an email that department administrators, including Mayo, “has attempted to intimidate and bully our members” by walking in during interviews.

The cellphone incident was a significant factor in Ingram’s eventual departure because, without it, her three children had no way to reach her. She said her white counterparts asked if she’d actually left her phone where it was last seen and even pretended to search for it. “I was like, ‘I’m fighting a losing battle.’ You can talk all you want, say what you got to say,” she said.

NBCBLK This is so disgusting, to have this garbage happen at all but in 2020 I swear the world is going to explode... 😠 To ALL people of color, I’m sorry people are ignorant.

NBCBLK We are all supposed to be a member of the brotherhood, we are all brothers and sisters. Racism in fire departments is unacceptable and must be rooted out. We are all the same on a fire line or on a fire hose. 😡

NBCBLK 20 bucks says it has nothing to do with real racism.

NBCBLK A couple FF posted on FB their disdain for protesters, BLM and democrat politicians. One post cited in this filing, isn't even from a FF, and these guys are mad that Blair doesn't audit what other ppl post. This is why they're trying to get FF fired.

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