FireFighter Won Racial Suit Against Colorado Department!

Racism in the Aurora Fire Department was not blatant, Calvin Brown, the 51-year-old veteran firefighter, told KDVR-TV. “I would be in one room and they would call me by another recruit’s name, it was another Black firefighter, but we look nothing alike,” Brown offered as just one example.

There were no allegations of a White co-worker hurling the N-word or a racially bias policy. Yet Brown and three other firefighters in the department—three Black and one Hispanic—won a $480,000 settlement.

For Brown, the department crossed a line when his bosses retaliated against him, in not so obvious ways, for testifying on behalf of another Black recruit who complained about mistreatment from a White supervisor. Ultimately, the department dismissed Brown.

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