By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare
“I’m giving you a chance; just one chance. I’m going to be watching you, boy.”
Those were the words allegedly spoken to the then 23-year-old Black man, Ethan Mullins, by his new white boss, a man in his 30s.
The interaction reportedly occurred almost immediately after he was hired as a maintenance worker at a skilled nursing facility for seniors in Parkersburg, West Virginia, in November of 2023.
Supposedly, the racist and threatening statements made by Dustin Carpenter, the director of maintenance. He reportedly was overheard by Melissa McKinley, then the human resources director at Worthington HealthCare, a facility owned by CommuniCare health network.
In an affidavit, McKinley, who is biracial, says she found the remarks by Carpenter to be: “inappropriate and unacceptable” and the use of the term ‘boy’ “racially offensive.” She immediately reported the incident to Worthington HealthCare Executive Director Alvin Lawson, who was responsible for employee discipline.
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