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22 December 2023
ROGERS, AK - Mega-super store Wal-Mart is being sued by an applicant, and the claim uses one of the dirtiest words in litigation: discrimination.
Kerry Multon, 28, is filing suit, claiming he was not hired as a Wal-Mart cashier because his interviewer was prejudiced.
Thus far, lawyers for the company have only rereleased their \"equal opportunity\" statement: \"Wal-Mart will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally-protected status.\"
But Multon-- a gay, Hispanic Jew-- argues his suit isn\'t based on any of the aforementioned articles.
\"It\'s because I have all of my teeth,\" he explains. \"I have three years experience, a high school education, and 32 teeth. But Wal-Mart told me they didn\'t have any open positions. Then, as I was leaving, I saw them hire someone else. The guy could barely speak English and was wearing two left shoes, but he had a sizable gap between his canines.\"
Mr. Multon\'s lawyer is confident in his client\'s claims: \"Have you ever been to Wal-Mart? Have you seen the people working there? I dare you to find one jury member who\'s ever seen a solid row of white at that store. This one\'s in the bag.\"
Kerry Multon, 28, is filing suit, claiming he was not hired as a Wal-Mart cashier because his interviewer was prejudiced.
Thus far, lawyers for the company have only rereleased their \"equal opportunity\" statement: \"Wal-Mart will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally-protected status.\"
But Multon-- a gay, Hispanic Jew-- argues his suit isn\'t based on any of the aforementioned articles.
\"It\'s because I have all of my teeth,\" he explains. \"I have three years experience, a high school education, and 32 teeth. But Wal-Mart told me they didn\'t have any open positions. Then, as I was leaving, I saw them hire someone else. The guy could barely speak English and was wearing two left shoes, but he had a sizable gap between his canines.\"
Mr. Multon\'s lawyer is confident in his client\'s claims: \"Have you ever been to Wal-Mart? Have you seen the people working there? I dare you to find one jury member who\'s ever seen a solid row of white at that store. This one\'s in the bag.\"
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vol 7 - issue 04 (dec 2004)
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