City of Nanaimo ordered to pay more than $600k to ex-CFO in racial discrimination case | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ex-cfo-nanaimo-human-rights-complaint-firing-victor-mema-1.6937474

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i_r_weldr@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 3y

Well that was a mind boggling read.

frostbiker@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Did I get it right? He admits that he charged $14K of personal expenses on his governmental credit card, but his central argument is that he was more carefully scrutinized due to the color of his skin. I wish the article got into more detail. At my job I better justify my expenses down to the dollar, regardless of my skin color.

Steeve@lemmy.ca · -3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

How do you know you have justify expenses regardless of skin colour? Have you ever tried being another skin colour?

frostbiker@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

There are people of different skin tones and ethnicities at work and so far I haven't seen anybody get a pass, so I'm inferring that the financial department doesn't give a damn. Do you have any evidence of the contrary?

Steeve@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 3y

It was sarcasm, and no I will not use /s

CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 3y

Yea, thats an odd ruling.

Only thing i can speculate is if other members of Nanaimo also abusing their city issued CC's, and were not fired.