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Article: CITY PLANS A BAN ON ETHNIC JOKES AT WORK
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 5, 1987
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Starting next week, city employees in
Long Branch will be barred by law from telling racial or ethnic
jokes on the job.
Long Branch city administrator Anthony J. Muscillo said
although he does not believe a prejudice problem exists among city
employees, a directive outlining the ban on ethnic jokes at work
will be issued tomorrow with employee paychecks.
"We'd rather be safe than sorry. We can't afford another
lawsuit," Muscillo said, referring to a suit filed by former police
dispatcher Gloria Locust.
In August, a state administrative law judge ruled that
Locust, who is black, suffered "pain, suffering, humiliation and
anguish" as a result of overhearing ...