In another case of Blackphobia in Modern Times.

A woman in Oregon was awarded $1 million in damages this week after a jury found that she was discriminated against when a gas station attendant told her he didn’t “serve Black people.”

The decision by the jury in Multnomah County, which came after a four-day civil trial, included $550,000 in punitive damages.

Article, Jury Awards $1 Million to Woman Who Was Told, ‘I Don’t Serve Black People’: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/us/oregon-woman-gas-station-discrimination.html

Oregon is one of two states, along with New Jersey, where it’s illegal in most areas for drivers to pump their own gas. (It’s allowed in certain rural counties in Oregon.)

Ms. Wakefield then went inside the store to talk with a manager, who “offered no assistance,” according to the lawsuit. Eventually, another employee from inside the store pumped the gas for Ms. Wakefield.

As she was about to leave, Ms. Wakefield asked the attendant why she had not been served. The employee replied, “I don’t serve Black people,” according to a news release from her lawyer.

Drivers can't pump their own gas? What history is behind this?

Shortly after leaving the gas station, Ms. Wakefield called Jacksons Food Stores to complain twice and was largely ignored, according to her lawyers. The attendant was never questioned about the matter, they said.

The attendant was fired about a month after the encounter after being written up numerous times for talking on the cellphone, the release said.

Ok, so this attendant cost them a shit ton of money and the best they could come up with was to fire her for talking on the cellphone. A joke.