A jury in Los Angeles awarded $2.2 million to a man who said his supervisors called him a “cheap Jew” as well as other anti-Semitic slurs. Jeffrey Graber, 41, testified that he was frequently harassed during his nine years with Litton Guidance and Control Systems, a major defense contractor. Graber told the Los Angeles Times that his supervisors also made racist remarks and jokes about Polish, Mexican and African American employees.
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