Hair (white chap) is suing claiming racial discrimination
White people suing citing racial discrimination isn't unheard of, yet it's still laughable. What stands out for me is that he's actually pulled Doctrove, the other umpire (A West Indian, hence black) into this mess. His argument is really childish. He's been punished, and now his way of hitting back at the ICC and PCB is: "You punished me, but what about Doctrove? It was half his fault too! You guys are racist!"
No, you fat &^%$, it wasn't Doctrove's fault. It was completely your own doing. I don't feel like writing anymore about Hair, so I will just quote my blogging colleagues who are a lot more eloquent than me at expressing frustration...
Billu writes...
Darrell Hair is like a big, fat, ugly boomerang - no matter how far you think you've thrown him, he keeps coming back. The latest installment in this ongoing saga involves him trying to sue the PCB for racial discrimination.I can think of two possibilities:King writes...
1. Because the PCB suggested that he is a racist...
2. Because he was removed from the "elite panel" and Billy Doctrove wasn't...
Darrell Hair was made a scapegoat because he's an abrasive buffoon, lacking in people skills and several Test nations have no confidence in him. That's enough to ensure his demotion from Tests in itself.Teeth writes...
With Hair filing the suit it puts PCB on a defensive back foot as it now has to defend its position contrary to what could have been had if PCB filed the suit according to its own stance on the issue. To prove racial discrimination is a tough task which generally is taken if a number of witnesses testify convincingly that there was a strong discrimination. As far as Hair is concerned he started the entire mess which consequentially lead him down this path, ICC in its hearing did not find credible evidence to support his ball tampering claim so hence he was definitely wrong to even suggest a side to have cheated.
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Hi friend,
How are you doing?
Please just tell me…. How safe is an Indian outside the Indian border?
We often find newspapers or petitions with running headlines from the assaulted Indians begging for support, but seldom do we find perfect solutions to these kind of problems.
Racial slurs hurt Indians as always. Previously when our very own sensational Shilpa Shetty was racially abused, the nation stood up to support her, but what will the nation do now – when not the very famous, a common Indian is chased. Will again the Indians around the globe stand to support her? Will you do that, dear reader?
Will you??
The employee rights legislation affirms, “All employees are protected by the equal employment opportunity laws, regardless of their citizenship or work authorization status. Employees who work in the U.S. or its territories are protected by laws whether they work for a U.S. or foreign employer”.
If that is true, then how come an Indian-born US citizen Neelima Tirumalasetti, who works for a Texas based pharmaceutical company - Caremark’s Richardson as a senior IT analyst in quality assurance, was so much harassed on account of her caste and ethnicity by her colleagues that she could not bear the mental strain and found herself in the hospital bed?
Tirumalasetti's co-workers repeatedly called her “brown-skinned bitch,” “dirty Indian,” and other insults, accused her of coming to the U.S. to “take their jobs,” mocked her accent in team meetings, and even excluded her work projects. If the Federal Authorities are so protective about the concerns of Racial Discrimination in the country, then how do these multinational organizations carry out such vicious activities? How the organization and the management could take no notice of her complaints?
Neelima said in an interview to The Times of India. "This lawsuit is about dignity and assuring that employees are treated equally regardless of their origin, race or ethnic background." And we know, it really is.
I believe this is a battle for humankind. Humiliating people on racial grounds is completely immoral and unethical. Those involved in this are really disgraceful.
Read Neelima’s case story in her own words here:
Dear All,
I am Neelima, a native of Andhra Pradesh, and let me tell you about my law case and my fight against injustice in the US. The legal battle has changed my life completely - financially and emotionally. The harassments, threats, slurs and retaliation I faced at Caremark left me with no option but to file the discrimination lawsuit against the company. Because of the extreme harassment, I was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder resulting my husband to quit the job to take care of our two small kids. Our American dream was shattered, we exhausted our savings, sold our house, car just to bear expenses and survive. With no health insurance my medical bills piled up result of the hospitalizations, expensive edications and treatments.
Sending this email requesting funds is not easy but we don't want to give up the fight now - after all the suffering our family had to go through these past two years. I request you all to contribute to the fund - people like you can make a difference. I will be grateful for your support and help. My fight is not against America or Americans, it's against injustice.
Please help me win this fight. If possible please forward this to your friends and family. Please select one of the following to donate.
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Mail cheques to: Neelima Tirumalasetti, 3500 N.star rd, apt # 825, Richardson, TX – 75082.
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http://www.weblobbying.com/Lobbies/default.asp?Lid=477
Sincerely,
Neelima Tirumalasetti.
Racial Discrimination is extremely heartless, horrible and absurd. Isn’t it? People seem to forget the meaning of humanity today. In this present world of Globalization, this is a very awful. I feel we all should strongly condemn this type of attitude and request the government to take a serious action against these abuses.
Racial discrimination is not acceptable, utterly shameful and is intolerable everywhere. I would request to the Government to educate such people by awarding excellent punishment lessons. Though the EEO laws exist we find many assaulted employees crying for care and justice. Many people migrate for multiple purposes from our country and are forced to face such disgusting practices. They fall prey to this kind of Xenophobia but are afraid to raise their voices. Government needs to set up a platform, a forum where voices can be raised and heard and wherein solutions can found for inappropriate practices. Authorities must take action now!
How safe are we Indians today?
What would you say?
Thank you dear for your time.
Janta-Raj,
Online Voice of the people of India.
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