Navajo man claims discrimination in firing
Friday, February 13, 2009
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The Community Relations Commission in Farmington, New Mexico, is investigating a complaint by a
Navajo Nation man who alleges discrimination at a local restaurant.
Julian Yellow Jr., 29, was working at a fast food restaurant when he said he heard a manager make racial comments. "I need to let go of the native and start hiring white people," the manager said, according to Yellow's complaint.
Yellow filed his complaint in November but said no one contacted him until this week. "Hopefully we won't have this type of situation happen again," commissioner Emet Rudolfo told The Farmington Daily Times.
The Community Relations Commission was created in response to race-related
incidents in Farmington involving members of the Navajo Nation.
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(The Farmington Daily Times 2/13)
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