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To compare her situation to that of Hank Aaron(+30 years ago) and Jackie Robinson(+65 years ago) is like trying to compare cars from 2008 to those made in the 60's and in the 30's. In this modern era people have the right to fair and equal treatment, and yes it took lawsuites like Brown v Board to get those rules established.
Companies know what the rules are and if they choose to break, ignore, not enforce, or other wise dismiss them, they knowingly open themselves up to these types of lawsuites. In sports if a player breaks the rules they are fined by their league. If the league breaks the rules, their fines are brought by suites.
I'm a young black male and I work in retail sales. I live in Oklahoma, I still experience descrimination on a daily bases by the customers I help, or attempt to as many will rather wait for one of my white co-workers instead of letting me help them after repeated 'hello's and 'can i help you's. Im proud to see America has come along way from my mothers day and age, but there is plenty of room for improvement. Im glad I've got a great group of co-workers who will and have had my back.
Sounds like this lady wasn't that fortunate. If she stood up to it for 2 years and had no support from her employer and the discrimination came from her fellow employees she took her only other course of action. Hit 'em where it hurts, then maybe they will listen since they hadn't. NASCAR has a deep legal team, so if they decided to settle, they realized they didn't do all that they are required to by law. I doubt she got a quater of that $225mil she sought, most these suites are by legal teams that take there cut at the end.
Money doesn't solve the issue but it can grease the wheels of change.
Oh 1 more thing before I end. Barrack Hussain Obama is my president and proud of it!