The central issue in the case is whether my former employer, the law firm of Eckert Seamans, terminated my services for refusing to do illegal and unethical acts, i.e. steal from the client, Bayer (of Bayer aspirin), by pretending to review and assess foreign language documents at a pace that rendered actually doing so impossible. . . The assigned documents […]
...it’s OK to make a rest stop, but eventually you have to get back on the road. I caught my breath, gathered some strength, and got some clarity when my life and my world was not seen through the myopic lens of race and prejudice.
What becomes apparent is that racism for the purpose of political or economic gain is simpler to understand and redress than racism that has other motivations and even defies economic reasoning.
In this instance, it appears that the initial call by the [Special Events Personnel Officer] (who is himself an ethnic minority) may have been motivated, at least in part, by a belief that members of certain ethnic groups, particularly Hispanics and African-Americans, had been involved in recent crimes on campus against female students.
Most troublesome, the security personnel never asked to see [my son's] student ID or any identification. Because of this, I can only conclude that the purpose of this entire humiliating ritual had little to do with ensuring ********* ‘s safety, and was intended to be nothing more than racial harassment of a black male Stanford student