Worker protests demotion over racial comment

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A woman is taking Baltimore County to court for demoting and transferring her after she complained of a co-workers? “jungle-bunny music” in the office.

Graceann Shipe, 42, was supervising clerical staff in the county?s code enforcement office in March when she asked a white co-worker to turn down a “Journey” song on the radio because she didn?t want to listen to “their jungle-bunny music,” gesturing toward the desks of two black co-workers, according to county records.

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