The noose is one of the most stark symbols of racism, conjuring up the ugly specter of one of the darkest (and, apparently, continuing) chapters of American history.
In a recently-filed lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, captioned Curtis Anthony v. The Boeing Company, 2:19-cv-01656-DCN-BM, the plaintiff alleges, among other things:
On or around March 2019, Plaintiff was subjected to additional extreme and outrageous racially hostile treatment by Defendant as a noose was placed right over Plaintiff’s desk by Defendant’s workers and/or agents. This was an act of extreme racial violence designed to intentionally inflict emotional distress directly against Plaintiff.