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Ash v. Tyson

Filed under: Uncategorized — jhosselinner at 1:26 pm on Tuesday, April 1, 2008

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.



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   jhonnya

April 2, 2008 @ 9:13 am

I think that this case is not breaking the 14th Amendment because the Supreme Court did not have enough evidence to sue the Tyson Food Inc. The Supreme Court doesn’t even know if the Caucasian people called the Afro- Americans “boy”. This is what I think about the case. -Eduardo-

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   Francesca

April 2, 2008 @ 9:22 am

This is a very common case. Racism has been around the world for centuries. I personally think that Ash and Hithon should’ve won the case. I know that the “no evidence” thing was the reason for their loss but how do they know that Tyson, Inc. was not racist too. Similar to the men, they had no evidence also. If anything, no one should’ve won the case.

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   Justo L.

April 2, 2008 @ 9:36 am

I think that Anthony Ash, and John Hilton should have kept their job, if they more qualified for the job. and that Tyson was being racist, and hired the other two dudes just because they were caucasian…

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   juan

April 2, 2008 @ 9:43 am

Hey Its Juan! I think that the court made the right decision. The people did not hve enough evidence that they were more qualified and that they were called boy. Maybe the person who was hiring them felt their personality wasn’t ight. Who knows. Well that’s what I believe.

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   juicy13

April 2, 2008 @ 9:51 am

I agree with Jhosselinne because there was no reason for them not being hired if they were qualified for the job. The court should’ve been in favor of Anthony Ash and John Hithon because their was a lot of eveidence the said that they weren’t hired because of discrimination. This case in my opinion was unconstitutional.

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