“…He was the only black employee in that department, the suit said, and several other mechanics and supervisors frequently used a racial epithet when he was around, apparently in an effort to cause 
him discomfort…The suit contended the hotel’s management at favored white and Hispanic workers over African-Americans…”
On Friday a jury, after issuing a verdict in Mr. MacMillan’s favor, awarded him $125,000 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages.
Freddrick MacMillan, who has worked at the hotel in various capacities since 1990, sued in Federal District Court in Manhattan in 2009, saying he had been subjected to a hostile environment.
 Mr. MacMillan, who is African-American, said several co-workers habitually referred to him as “boy†and used a racial epithet, and one of them used a noose to hang a doll with a black face from a bulletin board in a supervisor’s office.
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