sweetpotatogirl

LEILA’S 10K CELEBRATION:

These women must not get away with it. Here’s the link to the article.

“On February 8, a federal jury – four men and four women – found for the station on her race discrimination claims but found for Benson on two retaliation claims. It awarded her a total of $26,000 in compensatory damages and $175,000 in punitive damages.”

I don’t think that amount is enough to compensate for what she went through and the difficulties she might have in finding employment in her field, and it definitely isn’t enough to make the company think twice about their shitty practices and discriminatory behaviour, but at least she got something and it is on record, I guess?

This part stood out though:

““In opening statements, they described me as an angry black, violent woman and that was very hurtful, considering those would be the same people who would have sent flowers to the maternity ward when I gave birth,” says Benson, a mother of two boys. “So … I learned a lot going through this process.””