Republicans Aren't Racist, Except When They Are Sued For Racism

Former NRSC employee Keith Carter is suing over what he calls "racial bias" in the office.

A longtime employee of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has accused its leaders of racial discrimination after they fired him last month.

Keith Carter, who joined the NRSC in 1995, has charged Republican officials with creating a hostile environment for the two African-American employees who worked at the committee.

Carter, who is black, said he was referred to as “boy” and forced to clean up the feces of dogs white employees had brought to work.

He filed a lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court on Monday.

Nice.  I hope Mr. Carter enjoys the attacks he's going to get from the Right Wing Hate-O-Tron.  Then again, would you put up with all this?

Carter, who was hired as a building engineer, claims he was a respected NRSC staff member for nearly 14 years. He was given the duties of building manager of the committee’s headquarters and often invited to participate in management meetings.

Carter says that changed in 2009.

“In March 2009, Mr. Carter’s duties and the manner in which he was treated changed dramatically,” his complaint states.

He said he was excluded from regular management meetings, stripped of his supervisory responsibility and ordered to perform menial tasks.

The complaint alleges that senior GOP staff referred to Carter and another African-American employee — the only two black members of the staff — as “boys,” even though they were both older than 40.

Carter claims that when one Republican official asked him and his co-worker to do a job, he would often say: “Boys, we need you to … ”

Carter alleges he was instructed to clean up trash after political events, a task not previously included in his job description.

The complaint also states that Carter “was instructed to clean dog waste that other employees (who regularly bring their dogs to work) neglected to pick up.”

Carter said he was not allowed to remind the white employees to pick up after their own dogs.

Carter also claims he was “berated and cursed at” when he explained that he could not immediately fulfill a request to expand the political director’s office. Carter said he told a senior committee official the wall could not be moved without consultation with an electrician.

The complaint alleges the senior official who berated Carter “does not speak to any of the other white employees of the NRSC in this manner.”

Carter seems like a bright engineer and manager.  Of course, I could have told you some Republicans were racist assholes without working for them, but that's just me.