Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

A local woman says she is out of a job, not because she was hostile or antagonistic or hard to get along with, but simply after asking management for assistance to do what she was told to do. The woman, who works at one of the local fast-food restaurants, said that it was almost closing time and the dishes needed to be washed. She was working with several other employees, and one of them allegedly said, "go ask the old Black lady".

A minute later, the night manager came over to her and asked if she was going to wash the dishes. She said that she didn't mind doing the dishes, but she needed...