I feel that I have been racially discriminated against at a business--Does anyone know if I have a case?

Question

I was at the mall when I walked up to a massage booth. All of the chairs were occupied , so one of the massagers told me to sit in the waiting seat until a chair becomes available. I had been sitting there for a while when a Caucasian male walked up. About two minutes later, a seat became available. The massager looked at me (an African American female)and then looked at the man and signaled him to sit in his chair. I was baffled, so I asked the massager why did he put the guy in front of me. He said, "I am student, I will let you wait for teacher" Enough said. He must of thought that I was very stupid. I feel so bad. I was treated like I was a dumb nothing. And he did this in front of people in the mall. I have witnesses. Does anybody know a good civil rights attorney?

To add a few more details for some of you who think that I might be a "sue happy" person--for those of you who are insensitive to the feelings of others and who have never had to deal with this. --Like I said, I had been waiting for a while, therfore, I saw others getting there massages. A female had just left the chair before the man was invited to sit down. This is an open massage both sitting in the middle of the mall, so every body walking by is a witness to what ever happens. So, as for the "male massaging female" rebuttal. That will not work. Can anyone come up with another excuse?

Answer 1

Mez

You don't have a case. You must first prove a history of biased actions to non whites before you can even start a civil rights case. Without a history of racism you have nothing. My suggestion is to file a complaint with the Mall and move on. If this person is a bigot its their problem not yours. Don't let one ****** absorb your thoughts and actions.

Answer 2

I wouldn't jump to conclusions and believe that it was racial but I would have demanded a very good explanation from the manager. There could have been a number of reasons besides the color of your skin - if not your gender, then perhaps your body type. Even if this one masseuse did racially discriminate you, the business did not (if you were actually given a massage by the "teacher"). You will have a tough time proving that ethnicity had anything to do with him making you wait for the "teacher." Let's give people the benefit of the doubt, and let's not let this incident ruin your week.

Answer 3

Let this one go, because I have a strong feeling it's like what Lawrence answered. We have lots of fancy spas and casino spas where I live, and I know people that do this for a living. None of these places ever allow a student or trainee to do a massage on a member of the opposite sex without someone else in the room to witness. This is because of bogus sexual harrassment lawsuits; people will claim that the massuese "touched them innappropriately" during the massage.

Answer 4

You won't win. It's your word against theirs and they have a business besides, you're putting way too much into this. I've seen it way too many times. I once lived in Atlanta and one African American woman complained that she had been insulted at a Burger King in the Lenox Square Mall. The manager ask her to describe the one that insulted her. Her reply was a young white teen girl did it. The manager simply told her the truth. He didn't have any white girls that worked there.

This ploy has been used way too much and they have wised up to them so unless you can provide 100% proof without a doubt, you have no case.

Answer 5

You are a woman and the available masseur was a man --

Perhaps the business has a policy of no cross-gender massages, for fear that they will be sued for perceived sexual misconduct (!)

And if he was as student like he said, perhaps he was simply too nervous to explain that policy to a customer who felt slighted, or was even told by the management not to address such an issue himself.

Answer 6

You're seriously going to sue over THAT? Good lord...

Maybe he just didn't feel comfortable working on females? You shouldn't jump to conclusions. Just write a letter to the manager explaining what happened, and ask for an explanation and apology.

Answer 7

...ignorance is bliss to some... ignorance is intolerance without cause... I understand you were offended... I'm sorry for that but "we"...all of us, are faced with stupid, ignorant people... try to let it go... move on... (will it happen again...? maybe)...but don't be taken down to the level of "dumb and dumber"....use the experience as a learning tool... you'll feel better for it....

Answer 8

I don't know of any but that was wrong and you have a case...it was wrong of the person running the massagers and the man that stepped in front of you. I hope you win and Good luck!!! Also, don't feel bad about it, don't let people like that get to you, Stand up for yourself and be confident...Don't let those people see that they hurt you, that's probably all they wanted... Chin up hunni not everyone is like that!!!


- For all the people that are telling you not to sue, thats stupid...if you were hurt that bad you deserve to sue...

Answer 9

If the friendship is well worth it for you, you are able to in all probability communicate with your buddy (the owner) approximately it frankly, and in my opinion. Taking action on the particular worker who indignant you will in all probability lead in basic terms to grief on your buddy and for your self. It in all possibilities are high high not well worth it purely to 'get returned at them'. the desirable thank you to make your self experience extra effective, and additionally coach that counter individual some sort of lesson is in all probability to in basic terms, actually, coach them the lesson. communicate with them actual approximately how annoyed/angered/harm you have been and why you do not admire them for their behaviours or attitudes against you. tell them that their behaviour is easily by no skill going to hold them happiness. you ought to even use one i like called: "Does it make you experience extra effective which you in basic terms made me experience worse?" in which you're saying that very subject to them. regrettably, many, many anybody is in basic terms completely unaware of the harm they're inflicting others. And sure, often it does make others experience extra effective whilst they make us experience worse. you additionally can see if there are feedback varieties which you will have the skill to report, or write an annonymous letter to the owner on the subject of the damaging service. i desire you stumble in this effective and that the rude counter group did not smash your day.

Answer 10

just look in the phone book under the same heading civil rights attorney's,or on the interenet of course.and they sometimes take cases without charging fee's,just ask.and that is discrimination for sure!!!