Opinion ID: 184247
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Alfred Dunlap

Text: A third employee, Alfred Dunlap, stated that he worked for McKerley for about a year beginning in 1997, and once again for about a year beginning in 2000 or 2001. ROA at 318, 319, 320. He claimed that under McKerley, a “group of white guys” that he and others used to call “the good old boys” worked “down [at one] end of the line,” ROA at 318; according to Dunlap, McKerley gave these employees more opportunities to earn overtime. ROA at 319. Dunlap did not know -6- No. 08-1282 Steward v. New Chrysler whether the “good old boys” had easier or more difficult jobs than the other employees, ROA at 327, and stated that “one of the toughest jobs in the line,” if not the most difficult, was performed by four white males. ROA at 339. Although Dunlap did feel that “the line was sort of separated” by race, he also explained that “[i]t wasn’t meant to be that way but I guess you feel comfortable with your own race,” and that it “[j]ust ended up that way.” ROA at 322, 330. Dunlap also stated that at least three white employees worked in the predominantly African-American part of the line. ROA at 327, 339. At one point, according to Dunlap, Steward worked on the opposite end of the line from the section that was primarily African-American, ROA at 339; Dunlap stated that Steward “would complain [to McKerley] and you know, she’d give [McKerley] an earful, but she would still do her job,” ROA at 341. Dunlap claimed that McKerley would come to him before other employees of similar seniority when there were extra tasks to be done, and that McKerley singled him out for extra work. ROA at 320. He also claimed that McKerley “would keep [a closer] eye on certain people” to “make sure [they were] working”; these people included Steward, Thomas, and two other African-American employees. ROA at 327. These same employees were also moved from position to position more often than white employees were. ROA at 329. However, McKerley did not discipline him more harshly than he did white employees. ROA at 333. Lastly, Dunlap claimed that in 1997, McKerley had said that he “d[idn’t] see why slavery [in the pre-Civil War South] was such a big deal” because “blacks had a place to sleep, a place to stay, [and] food to eat everyday”; Dunlap could not recall any other racial comments. ROA at 333, 339. -7- No. 08-1282 Steward v. New Chrysler