Ash v. Tyson
This Supreme Court case has to deal with the 14th amendment which protects the rights of all citizens. Anthony Ash and John Hithon sued Tyson food Inc. because they felt that they were being discriminated against. Tyson Foods is a poulty plant and Ash and Hithon were superintendents at the time that they applied for manager positions. They weren’t chosen for the job, but two other Anglo-Saxon (or Caucasian) men were. Ash and Hithon argue that they should’ve gotten the job but that the only reason for them not being chosen for the jobs was because of their race. They felt they were being discriminated against. In this case, Ash and Hithon said that they had proof that they were far better qualified for the position, yet the other two men were only hired because they were Caucasian. They also mentioned that they were called “boy’ by their former boss. This may seem like nothing, but in fact this term has been known to be used to demean and belittle those of their race. In the end the court ruled in favor of Tyson Food Inc. because they said that they did not have enough evidence to show that they were being discriminated against. They say that many variables could’ve led to the company’s decision to hire the two other men. They also don’t have evidence that their boss called them boy in a wrong way or that he even said that at all. Jhosselinne -In my opinion the court should’ve ruled in favor of Anthony Ash and John Hithon. If they were far better qualified then why wouldn’t they have gotten hired? There is no reason for them to hire someone when they could hire someone which would most likely perform their job better. They also had some evidence to even further prove their point. They were called by a name which was used long ago when slavery was still allowed and even encouraged; when African American’s were treated with no respect and treated as if they were just farm animals off for auction.
Cristian- In my opinion i think that the americans should have the right to win the case becuse maybe they were more skillful in cooking than the afroamerican. The case should go at a a close case and let the white win. But i think that there is more proof of the americans insted of the afroamericans. There was also any conduct of racism getting invole in the case there were never treating the afroamericans as animals. The case should be infavor of the americans. I think that the case should have agreat decision of the americans.