Lockheed, the company repsponsible for legendary advances in aircraft design was, I guess, was not so progressive in their policies of dealing with racist employees. Last summer, an employee shot 14 of his fellow employees, six of them were black and dead by the end of his rampage.
The July 8, 2003, shootings by Lockheed worker Doug Williams left six of the victims dead, four of whom were black. Williams killed himself at the scene.
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"Nothing will ever bring these persons back," Means said. "But it validates their claims that the killings were racially motivated and that something could have been done to have prevented these incidents from ever occurring."
Means said workers at the plant had brought Williams's conduct to the company's attention, and Lockheed sent him to anger management classes. Among other things, Williams once wore a Ku Klux Klan hood to work, according to Means, and brought unconcealed weapons into the building the morning of the shooting.
I guess that this will be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court, where former EEOC boss, Clarence "Sleepy" Thomas will rule in favor of Lockheed, since they are of course campaign contributors, they probably pay the bills by helping the Heritage Foundation keep his wife employed, and besides it was those dead guys own fault for being black...why being black never hurt him, as long as he was on his knees with powerful republicans a can of coke in one hand and a _______ in the other. (fill in the blank).
I just finished reading "Battle Ready" by Tom Clancy and Marine General Anthony Zinni. I posted a passage from the book on my blog which reminds me of you in that it sounds like something you would write.
