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TexasTowelie

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Sat May 18, 2019, 09:34 AM May 2019

Jury awards $3M to black strippers in discrimination case

JACKSON, MISS. -- A Mississippi jury has awarded a total of more than $3 million to five African American strippers after a federal judge found the women worked under worse conditions than their white colleagues.

The judge ruled in the discrimination case last year, and jurors decided Wednesday how much the women should receive.

The attorney for Danny's Downtown Cabaret, Bill Walter, said Friday he will ask the judge to reduce the award.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Danny's years ago, saying the Jackson club limited when black women could work, while white women had flexible schedules.

Read more: https://www.sunherald.com/news/state/mississippi/article230562879.html

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Jury awards $3M to black strippers in discrimination case (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2019 OP
How will they fit all those dollar bills into their g-strings? CaptYossarian May 2019 #1
Twenties, fifties, and hundreds only? TexasTowelie May 2019 #2
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