Racist, offensive behavior 'rife' in Hampton Roads Homeland Security office, EEOC rules [View all]

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The Department of Homeland Security's investigative office in Hampton Roads is "clearly rife with offensive and racially hostile behavior," the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a decision obtained by The Virginian-Pilot.

The finding was based, among other things, on a supervisor who called black and Hispanic employees "monkeys" and an agent who had a photo on his phone of a black child in a fried chicken bucket.

The commission has ordered the office to give employees training about race-based harassment, post a notice about the findings and consider disciplining the two responsible.

The decision issued in late July came after a complaint filed by Special Agent Albert Whitney, who is black. But the EEOC ruled Whitney had not been the victim of the discrimination.

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