Article: Race And Sex Bias Alleged At German Tourist Office

Rayner Pike
New York Beacon, The
03-31-1995
Race And Sex Bias Alleged At German Tourist Office.

Two women employees are suing Germany's tourism office, claiming they've been subjected to racism and sexual harassment.

The allegations of bigotry at the German National Tourist Office in Manhattan prompted a parliamentary debate in Bonn.

One of the women, Crista Willibald, whose husband is black, said in a $1 million federal lawsuit last month that she was subjected to anti-black comments from office manager Hennign Schreiber.

The other plaintiff, Monique Schlein, said that when Schreiber dealt with women, "everything was directed below the belt."

Schlein sued last summer in state Supreme Court ...

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