‘Flying Monkeys’: Black Attorney Denied Bonuses, Demoted, Then Eventually Fired After Calling Out Systemic Racism at U.S. Department of Labor, Lawsuit Says

‘Flying Monkeys’: Black Attorney Denied Bonuses, Demoted, Then Eventually Fired After Calling Out Systemic Racism at U.S. Department of Labor, Lawsuit Says

A federal judge ruled on Monday that the civil rights lawsuit by a Black attorney who was fired in 2023 from a high position at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) can proceed with his claims of racial discrimination and retaliation. Oscar Hampton, formerly a regional solicitor for the Department in Philadelphia, has been fighting his demotion and eventual dismissal for two years, first internally, and then through a lawsuit filed in the U.S. Dis…