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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chris_ on September 18, 2009, 11:56:43 AM

Title: Teen at center of rights suit
Post by: Chris_ on September 18, 2009, 11:56:43 AM
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Teen at center of rights suit

A popular national chain of clothing stores is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allegedly not hiring a Muslim Tulsa teenager because she wears a hijab, a religiously mandated head scarf.

The EEOC filed the lawsuit Wednesday against Abercrombie & Fitch in U.S. District Court in Tulsa, citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, modified in 1991, as the basis for the action.

The suit says that Samantha Elauf, 17, applied in June 2008 for a sales job at the Abercrombie Kids store in Woodland Hills Mall.

A district manager allegedly told her that the hijab, which Elauf wears in observance of her religious beliefs, did not fit the store's image.

"Defendant refused to hire Ms. Elauf because she wears a hijab, claiming that the wearing of headgear was prohibited by its Look Policy, and, further, failed to accommodate her religious beliefs by making an exception to the Look Policy," the lawsuit states.

Elauf went to the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma, which helped her file a complaint with the EEOC in Oklahoma City.

MORE (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090918_11_A11_Apopul517991)

The manager was an idiot for stating ANY reason for not hiring her.   Anyone shocked that she went running to CAIR?   :whatever:
Title: Re: Teen at center of rights suit
Post by: Chump on September 18, 2009, 12:21:03 PM
MORE (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090918_11_A11_Apopul517991)

The manager was an idiot for stating ANY reason for not hiring her.   Anyone shocked that she went running to CAIR?   :whatever:

Yeah, seems he was worried about the very outcome he brought on himself by explaining his decision in such a way.  Better just to say, "we went with the most qualified candidate.  Thanks for your interest."

What a maroon.
Title: Re: Teen at center of rights suit
Post by: thundley4 on September 18, 2009, 06:42:02 PM
I'll be surprised if this doesn't happen at more "fashion conscious" stores.