Leons: Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission

Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission: Elsworth Bottomley complained to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission that a number of racial incidents occurred during his two years working at the store, according to CBC. Just referring to me as not being intelligent, very stupid because of my colour. Things like that, he said. The 45-centimetre high black statue, which Leons carries in stock, was hanged by the neck with tape. Its eyes were painted white in what a human rights lawyer calls 'blackface' style. Elsworth Bottomley A former Leons furniture employee is alleging racial discrimination after he says a statue was lynched in effigy at a store in Dartmouth, N.S. Bottomley, who is black, said he was called the N-word and a fellow driver sent him a text message made denigrating comments about the intelligence of black people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.