Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission: Elsworth Bottomley complained to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission that a number of racial incidents occured during his two years working at the Burnside store. , according to Huffington Post. He also said a Leon's manager told him he never sends two black delivery drivers to a job because that would intimidate customers and raise fears of robbery. A former Leons furniture employee is alleging racial discrimination after he says a statue was lynched in effigy at a store in Burnside, N.S. Bottomley, who is African Nova Scotian, said a fellow driver sent him a text message making comments about the intelligence of black people.
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