The NYT: A cesspool of Racism and Anti-Semitism

The Jewish Times is reporting this little gem:

NYTimes Workers Charge Racism, Anti-Semitism

Nine New York Times employees, including a Jewish man, are charging that they were subjected to racial and religious discrimination at the paper's Edison, N.J., printing plant.

Their lawsuit, filed in Middlesex County Superior Court on Nov. 3, includes complaints that supervisors aimed racial and religious epithets at employees or ignored such epithets coming from others and that Hispanic, black, and Jewish employees were denied seniority rights, promotions and pay scales commensurate with their years of service as well as plum assignments that would have enabled them to pick up overtime pay.

The newspaper maintains "a hostile and pervasive work environment" based upon "the widespread use of racial and religious epithets" and the "disparate treatment" of employees "based upon race, color, national origin, and religion," according to the 16-page complaint.

The Times management has denied the allegations.

Need I say more?

(Hat tip : Michelle Malkin)

UPDATE:
Ruth from Freudian Slippers has a excerpt from an article comparing anti-Americanism to racism.

There is an interesting breed of person quite prominent in NZ. These are the types of person who would (rightly) show disgust at an abusive racist and sexist comment.They would (again, quite rightly) point out that to judge an entire gender or race on a stereotype or anecdotal evidence is both incorrect and immoral. Yet many of these people would have no qualms with a statement such as "Americans are stupid."

The point this raises is that while it is not OK to make fun of someone's race, why is it OK to make fun of a culture? A people? This does point out the double standards that many people have in the world, and it's part of being Human.

My opinion on the matter is to hell with racism and anti-Americanism. You should be able to say what you want, and of course, be judged by your peers accordingly (but let me make myself clear, if you're working in a professional enviroment, such as the NYT, you should treat your staff with equal professionalism).
We're adults, we should be able to handle what other people have to say without having to worry about 'hurting someone's feelings'.
The more we start getting into what you can and can't say, the more we start to look like the U.K.

Ruth brings up a valid point though:

I find this type of racism rather prevalent in the blogosphere. There is a fine line between rational passion and irrational zealotry, and that line is often crossed. The bloodthirstiness of some individuals from both sides of the aisle is appalling.

If you want to be taken seriously as someone of respect, you must try your hardest not to have double standards. Many of us on the right accuse the left of being driven by propaganda and hate. This is self evident by many of the anti-war, anti-bush protestors and their hateful messages.
But we ourselves on the right must be careful that we do not fall into the same trap, and must maintain our integrity on all matters.
By all means we should be able to say what we want to say, but at the end of the day the quiet observers among our communities need to look at us and think 'they are the sensible ones', rather than 'they are two sides of the same coin'.