Ohio anti-bias worker sent racist, sexist e-mails

[sabra]

Source: MSNBC/AP

The man was allowed to keep his job, even after similar problem last year


COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio state employee whose job is to prevent discrimination repeatedly sent racist and sexist e-mails from his government account, an investigation found, but kept his job.

The same man was reprimanded a year ago for sending an e-mail joking about giving jobs to women with large breasts.

Jokes about men kissing and a woman's genitalia, as well as a racial joke and a caricature of President-elect Barack Obama, were in the latest e-mails sent by the Transportation Department worker, according to an agency report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

Robert Habern, 55, is the department's equal employment opportunity contracts coordinator in the Lima office. His job is to ensure that vendors with agency contracts comply with federal and state anti-discrimination laws.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28438184 /

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

1. Stay classy, Mr. Habern.

[Belial]

2. at least he was not in HR..

[BeliQueen]

3. Technically...

That is HR.

Sorry if you were being sarcastic. LOL if you were.

[LeftyMom]

4. I can totally see that happening in Lima.

Naturally he doesn't actually live in Lima, which has POCs. But since he's listed I can tell you that he lives in one of the outlying towns, though not the one I had my money on.

[fortyfeetunder]

5. What a jerk...e-mail is no longer private

Did he realize e-mails like that, especially for a position he's employed in could be viral in an instant?

And using his employer's e-mail? Private industry (especially those with a clue practicing diversity)would not be as kind, he would have been unemployed by now. I am surprised he's still working there....