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Black Employee Files Lawsuit After His Manager Said His Hair and Skin Color Should Be the Same

Stephen Small by Stephen Small
November 16, 2019
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Black Employee Files Lawsuit After His Manager Said His Hair and Skin Color Should Be the Same

Anthony Merriweather has filed a lawsuit against his employer Oakley, a multi-billion dollar retailer of sunglasses, after his manager at a retail location in downtown San Diego made controversial remarks about his hair and skin color.

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Nationwide — Anthony Merriweather, an African American man from San Diego is suing the sunglasses company Oakley for harassment and discrimination. He says that his general manager told him that his hair color needed to be closer to his skin color.

Anthony works at an Oakley retail location in downtown San Diego, and says that he was told to go home because his hair color violated the company’s dress code.

Anthony Merriweather

Anthony Merriweather

He says he videotaped the entire conversation, and a 10-page transcription of their tense discussion is included in the civil suit. In the conversation, his boss can be heard saying, “It’s not a natural hair color” and “it has to be close to your skin color.”

The transcript also reveals that she said that the dress code violation “has nothing to do with his dreadlocks and is all about the color of his hair.”

Anthony says that he once had shorter hair, but decided to wear a longer hair style and color it orange as a tribute to his cousin who died from sickle cell disease 8 years ago.

“Having my hair orange, orange is my favorite color, so when I go out there you see my hair orange, you get to ask me why and I get to tell you about my cousin,” he told NBC 7 San Diego.

The company could be in big trouble because the newly approved California’s Crown Act ensures protection against discrimination in the workplace based on natural hairstyles.

His lawsuit claims that he suffered harm, embarrassment, and severe emotional distress as a result of this incident.

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Rev. Small realized God was present in his life as a child, and grew into an adult with a passion for knowing and understanding God, people and the difficulties of life. Rev. Small soon can to know Jesus Christ, and the presence of the Holy Spirit has he experienced the storms, trails, and tribulations of life as a Black man in America. Rev. Stephen C. Small survived numerous demonic assaults on his life, which gave meaning to God’s grace and mercy. Rev. Small reasoned that God’s presence in the world gives hope, meaning and purpose; it is the essence of learning, love and relationships. Rev. Small humbled himself and opened his heart and mind to listening, learning and obeying God. On sabbatical from a business career, Rev. Small earned a Biblical Studies degree, and Master of Divinity. Rev. Small’s faith and dedication to serving God is the reason he created Trueword Ministry; TWM’s website as an evangelism tool, designed to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to Africans, African Descendants and the entire human race.

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