11-13-15 Muslim Truck Drivers win Discrimination lawsuit

The Arab Daily News Radio Show
Friday Nov. 13, 2015
Detroit, Washington DC 8 am EST. 55 minutes

Two Muslims filed a lawsuit when they were fired for refusing to deliver alcohol for an Illinois trucking company. The EEOC won the case but the case was never properly portrayed by the news media which denounced the verdict as Muslim entitlement and Muslim favoritism and even an example of Sharia Law.

We discuss the case with lead EEOC Attorney Aaron DeCamp on The Arab Daily News Radio show Friday Nov. 13, 2015. Although the rightwing news media twisted and distorted the case to present it as Muslims claiming privilege and entitlement, the EEOC notes that the plaintiffs had told the company when they were hired that they could not deliver alcohol and the company said it was not a problem. There were 1,100 employees and only two Muslims and in 2009, the company assigned an alcohol cargo to the first Muslim and 10 days later assigned an alcohol cargo to the second Muslim and both Muslims were fired three days later after refusing to deliver the alcohol cargoes. The case went to trial in 2015 and the trucking company admitted liability and acknowledged that they permitted drivers to turn away delivery assignments.

DeCamp explains the facts of the case and how this was a case of discrimination. The trucking company from downstate Illinois, was fined $240,000 by the jury.

We also discuss the issue of how to describe Arabs in America. Is it "Arab American" or is it "American Arab."

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