Opinion ID: 184247
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Eugene Glenn

Text: Another African-American employee, Eugene Glenn, testified that he had worked as a “team leader” under McKerley. ROA at 278. McKerley subjected him to discipline for infractions that other employees were allowed to get away with, but Glenn denied that this disparity “was totally racial,” since other African-American employees were among those who were not disciplined; rather, Glenn felt that he was “being singled out” and that “it was definitely about me.” ROA at 280. Glenn acknowledged that he had also heard white employees complain about being singled out for discipline by McKerley. ROA at 284. Glenn contradicted Steward’s allegation that the assembly line was segregated, testifying that McKerley “didn’t want . . . two or more black people together” -5- No. 08-1282 Steward v. New Chrysler and that he tried to keep them separated from one another; Glenn also stated that an effort was made “to put more black people” in areas of the assembly line where whites had traditionally predominated. ROA at 285. Glenn contradicted the allegation that whites were given easier tasks, stating, “I am not going to say [white employees] were given easier jobs,” although he maintained that whites “might have been given preference in other ways.” ROA at 279. He claimed that a few women (including some African-American women) had received easier, more desirable tasks than he had, and that this was “not . . . racially” motivated, but rather, was “because of the fact that they’re women.” ROA at 288. Glenn alluded vaguely to racial jokes made by McKerley, but the only specific examples he could recall were McKerley mentioning that “one of his cousin[s’] wife left him for a black guy” and telling Glenn and another employee that a “police officer was coming over to arrest [them].” ROA at 289, 294. Glenn was “never really offended” by anything McKerley said, acknowledged that any joking was friendly and “just normal . . . talk,” and thought that McKerley “was from Alabama, so, he probably [was] . . . a little prejudiced, but he could still hold a conversation with you.” ROA at 289, 294. Glenn last worked for McKerley between August 2005 and February 2006. ROA at 278.