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Article: Former state employee wins $150,000 in reverse discrimination case: Black boss accused of using racist slurs.
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- The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)
- Article date:
- August 23, 2007
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Byline: Dan Herbeck
Aug. 23--Mark Pasternak said he lost his state job helping troubled youths because he couldn't stand working under a black boss who called him racist names like "cracker," "polack" and "stupid white boy."
Pasternak was dismissed from his position as a youth worker with the state Office of Children and Family Services in 1999. But today, he feels some relief and vindication.
After a rare reverse racial discrimination trial in Buffalo's federal court, a jury Tuesday awarded Pasternak $150,000. Jurors found that his former boss, Tommy E. Baines, discriminated against him racially and created a hostile working environment.
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