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May 03, 2011

Curren$y Talks Getting Fancy With His New Ferrari & Why Batman Has The Most SuperHero Swag



iHipHop.com sits down with Curren$y to break down his transition to fancy Italian sports cars over pure American muscle. He also identifies which super hero he would want to be, and why the Jet Life conglomerate is only getting more powerful. Finally he raps it up with weather he takes credit for getting the new generation of rap fans smoking joints.

December 29, 2010

A Louisiana corporation is accused of racial discrimination

12/27/2010 8:24 AM By Michelle Massey 

A Louisiana corporation is accused of racial discrimination in a suit filed Dec. 22 in federal court in New Orleans.

Sondria Brown, Terris Cramedy, Carlos Gibson, Derrick Mixon, Arthur Mixon, Helen Edwards, Lance Jackson, Darrick May, Derrick McGowan, Preston Murray, Donnell Pigott, Jonathan Lowery, Elvin Pigott, Devon Thompson and Michael Williams are suing Canal Energy & Services Inc., claiming the defendant screened all applicants to determine their race and would mark their application with "B" on applications submitted by African Americans.

All of the above-named plaintiffs applied for employment with Canal Energy in Bogalusa in response to advertisements in the local paper.

The plaintiffs argue that the defendant had a policy of refusing to hire African American applicants and the defendant's president had stated that he did not want to hire African Americans.

"Defendant's screening process and refusal to hire African Americans was in reckless disregard of the rights provided under Title VII to plaintiffs," the lawsuit states.

They are asking the court for an award of back pay, front pay, emotional distress damages, punitive damages, attorney's fees and court costs.

The plaintiffs are represented by Ronnie G. Penton and Mary Anna Penton of The Penton Law Firm in Bogalusa and Michael T. Tusa, Jr. and James C. Rather, Jr. of Sutton & Alker in Mandeville. A jury trial is requested.

 
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