Discrimination in the Garden

Diane Henson and Sheila Gay-Robbins, two African American women are suing Madison Square Garden on the accounts of decimation. These former security supervisors at the arena claim that the Garden has been giving them less-desirable assignments and saving the better jobs for the whites, even if the whites were less qualified. These accusations soon followed the jury’s verdict for Browne Sanders; a women how recently sued the Garden for sexual harassment. Henson and Gay- Robbins say that their claims are irrelevant to those of Sanders. Henson and Gay-Robbins who are in there 50s, say their problems initially began after the hiring of Kirk Randazzo as the Garden’s vice president for event operations, and Joseph DiCoco, a director of event operations. These women who were highly qualified were assigned to the arena’s “nosebleed section,” which required that they supervise “children, large groups and unruly youths.” They also complained about there hours which were less flexible than those of the male and white employees and that they worked longer hours for lower pay than some of them. Henson claimed that the “younger white female employees” who were “personally involved” with Randazzo and DiCoco received better pay and promotions. Her complaints were never investigated by the Garden and no action was ever taken. She eventually resigned after 11 years. After which she then accused the Garden of circulating a photograph of her as a way to alert employees to prevent her from entering the building. In a statement, the Garden said: “In addition to our own internal review, we hired an attorney to investigate the allegations of Ms. Henson and Ms. Gay-Robbins, who found them to be without merit. We will vigorously defend ourselves.”
As seen through many events in history discrimination against, blacks, women, or other minorities has been less then rare. In fact even today discrimination against minorities can still be seen despite the laws which try to eliminate it. Even in the early 20th century in America, blacks were refused the right to vote, even if they were “allowed” many apllied certain criteria in the way of blacks so that they could not vote. It was people like Martin Luther Kings, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and many other African American heroes who have paved the way for African Americans today to have rights such as the right to vote, eat in a decent place, or even drinks clean water out of the same water faucetas the whites.