Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Meteorology / July 2008

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DEARBORN -- Two Muslim women say the manager of a McDonald's
restaurant refused to hire them and insulted them during job
interviews because they wear traditional Islamic dress.

Toi Whitfield, 20, of Detroit, and Quiana Pugh, 25, of Dearborn, filed
a lawsuit Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court against McDonald's,
the owner of the local franchise and its unnamed manager. Their
representative said they are considering filing civil rights
complaints with the federal and state governments.

"I applied for the McDonald's position maybe two weeks ago and he
simply (told me) I had to make a choice and remove my hijab, or I
would not be able to establish employment there," Pugh said. "When I
walked away, I was definitely hurt by it and disturbed. I was confused
that it could happen here in Dearborn, with so many Muslims."

Hijab is an Arabic word meaning "cover." It refers to traditional
Islamic dress, intended to encourage modesty, in which women often
cover everything but the hands and face.

Finley Management Inc., which runs the franchise, said in a statement
it has not been notified of the lawsuit.

"Finley Management has a strict policy prohibiting any form of
discrimination with regard to race, gender, religion or national
origin, in hiring, or in any other aspect of employment," the
statement read. "We would caution anyone from jumping to conclusions
without having all the facts."

McDonald's publishes a corporate handbook with a chapter titled "Our
Commitment to Employees," which says that the world's largest fast
food chain forbids discrimination in employment.

"Each of our employees throughout the world deserves to be treated
with fairness, respect and dignity," the policy statement reads. "We
provide equal opportunity for employees and applicants."

The restaurant in question sits amid one of the largest concentrations
of commercial businesses for Arab-Americans in the country. Like many
of the national chain fast-food establishments in the area, it has
long served some halal food, which conforms to Muslim dietary
requirements.

"This manager must have just stepped off of some spaceship to think he
can do this in this back yard, in Dearborn," said Nabih Ayad, a civil
rights lawyer who represents the women.

Dawud Walid, executive director of the Council on American Islamic
Relations-Michigan, said that he has eaten at McDonald's restaurants
in Turkey that cater to Muslims and employ them, including numerous
women who cover.

"It is extremely disturbing that such discrimination could take place
at a location which does not mind collecting Muslim dollars, yet
places restriction on Muslim women who wear hijab."

Whitfield said the manager told her she could not wear her headscarf
because, "It gets too hot back there."

"I hope that they learn from their mistakes," she said. "They should
not discriminate against people. Everyone should have an equal chance
to work at McDonald's."

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"Throughout 6,000 years of recorded history, the
pure-blooded African Negro has invented nothing.
Not a written language, weaved cloth, a calendar,
a plow, a road, a bridge, a railway, a ship, a
system of measurement, or even the wheel.

He is not known to have ever cultivated a single
crop or domesticated a single animal for his own
use. For shelter, he never progressed beyond the
common mud hut, the construction of which a beaver
or muskrat is capable."

(Pendell, Elmer, -Sex Versus Civilization- Noontide
Press; Weisman, Charles A. -The Origins of Race and
Civilization- 1990, SFA)

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Rape is a way of life for Darfur's women. Sudan's Darfur
crisis has exploded on many fronts -- violence, hunger,
displacement and looting -- but United Nations peacekeepers
say the biggest issue now affecting the region is the
systematic rape of women and children. The Sudanese
government, however, insists there is no problem:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/19/darfur.rape/index.html

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Vices the most notorious seem to be the portion of this unhappy
[negro] race: idleness, treachery, revenge, cruelty, impudence,
stealing, lying, profanity, debauchery, nastiness and intemperance,
are said to have extinguished the principles of natural law, and to
have silenced the reproofs of conscience.
-- Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1798.

"I have not been able to think out any solution to the terrible problem
offered by the presence of the Negro on this continent. He is here and
can neither be killed nor driven away." --Theodore Roosevelt

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