Posted on 06/29/2014 9:13:20 AM PDT by Rusty0604
A black man in New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, Benjamin Moore Paints, which he says named one of its paint colors after him and then fired him when he complained.
Clinton Tucker, who managed online sales for Benjamin Moore, which is owned by the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, said that he was bothered by the names of several of the company’s paint colors, “Clinton Brown,” “Tucker Chocolate,” and “Confederate Red.”
“Being a black man named Clinton Tucker, the plaintiff found this to be extremely racially offensive,” reads the complaint, filed in Essex County Court.
Tucker made other allegations, including that the company has a “toxic” work environment that is hostile to minorities.
Tucker, who identifies himself in the suit as homosexual, claims that since he started at the company in 2011, “it was clear…that he was not part of the traditional culture of the company.”
Approximately 10 of Benjamin Moore’s New Jersey headquarters’ employees were black and only one was homosexual, the suit claims.
On its website, Benjamin Moore describes “Tucker Chocolate” as “capturing the 1798 color requested by St. George Tucker for his home facing Courthouse Green, this deep brown is classic and understated.”
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Those deviled eggs are so EVIL! LOL!
The company already had a color named “Clinton Brown.”
If they changed “confederate red” to “communist red” maybe that would make the guy happy.
“A Swedish teenager has filed a complaint against a paint producer that labeled the color beige as “skin color.””
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“Confederate Red.”
What is his nickname Red?
So the creation of the name "Tucker Chocolate" has nothing to do with this guy but he still thinks it's discriminatory?
Unbelievable.
You’re funny!
Remember to count the eggs, there are 16 of them,
so that makes 8 eggs which are 2/3s of a dozen
which added together adds up to 666! Got to mind the details. The Devil is in the details.
I agree with him. Just yesterday I was in a paint store and noticed that they had a color called “black”. How could he be expected to work in such a hostile environment?
If your work environment is unsatisfactory, no problem, give notice and move on.
This guy is trolling for a settlement. I happen to know that Clinton Brown is part of Benjamin Moore's Historical Color collection (color code HC-67). The Historical Color collection has been available since at least 1990.
Now called peach.
How can I become a Benjamin Moore exec? During board meetings, employees were asked their favorite color. That’s the kind of exec experience I can bring to the job!
They didn’t have on called “Indian Red” did they?
The brown part.
I didn’t find UPPITY BLACK anywhere on the paint list. So what’s his beef?
CRACKER WHITE irritated me but I got over it.
He will win.
Another member of the permanently offended class.
Fabulous Fuschia, Silver Sodomite, Trunk-Spelunk Tan, Carpet Munch Mango, Fudge Pack Purple?
Gee, I wonder who runs Berkshire Hathaway ....
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