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the post-racial world

At Least One NYU Employee Was Not Shy About Being a Horrible Racist

Bobst Library.

While working in the mail room of NYU's Bobst Library from July 2007 through January 2009, Osei Agyemang, an immigrant from Ghana, was repeatedly called a "monkey" and a "gorilla" by his supervisor, and was told to "go back to your jungle." After filing a discrimination lawsuit, Agyemang received a $210,000 payout from the school. Ah, America — a land of opportunity, vile racism, and generous settlements. [NYDN]

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