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CNN Slapped with Racism Lawsuit

<p>CNN was quick to brand Donald Trump and his supporters as racists during the primaries&comma; but the liberal network now faces a class action racism lawsuit &ndash&semi; from its own black employees&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The same network that slammed Trump as a &ldquo&semi;bigot&comma; racist&comma; and misogynist&rdquo&semi; and called Trump&rsquo&semi;s election a &ldquo&semi;whitelash&rdquo&semi; against our outgoing black president has allegedly stifled black employees with smaller salaries and fewer opportunities for promotion&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The lawsuit&comma; filed last Wednesday on behalf of CNN employees Ernest Colbert Jr&period; and Celeslie Henley&comma; cites &ldquo&semi;dramatic differences in pay&comma; harsher evaluations for black males&comma; and fewer available promotions&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lawyer Daniel Meachum uncovered such practices while conducting a separate investigation for DeWayne Walker&comma; a former CNN producer who sued CNN in January for &dollar;50 million&period; Walker&comma; who worked for CNN for 13 years&comma; insists that he was never promoted because he is black&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;As a result of the current discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of <em>DeWayne Walker vs&period; CNN&comma; Time Warner &amp&semi; Turner<&sol;em>&comma; we have uncovered stories involving abuse of power&comma; nepotism&comma; revenge&comma; retaliation&comma; and discrimination&comma;&rdquo&semi; explains Meachum&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The lawsuit claims that black employees&comma; including Henley&comma; endured racial slurs from their superiors such as &ldquo&semi;who would be worth more&colon; black slaves from times past or new slaves&quest;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CNN has refused to comment on the case&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note<&sol;strong>&colon; After all of the CNN coverage encouraging riots and telling minorities how badly they are being treated&comma; it looks like CNN is becoming a victim of their own propaganda&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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