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Racist Building Manager Hit With Lawsuit
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John Del Signore
Published Nov 11, 2008
Modified Nov 11, 2008
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A black security supervisor is suing the owner of a Times Square office building after being allegedly subjected to racist remarks on a daily basis by Wayne Kohlbrecher, the building manager. Now-unemployed security manager Godfrey Williams accuses Kohlbrecher of spewing invective like: "'This is why you are here . . . I don't want these f**king spics, sambos, chimps coming up here!' Kohlbrecher is also accused of greeting Williams with a Hitler salute and saying 'Heil Hitler.' Worse, Kohlbrecher allegedly told Williams, 'This is my f**king plantation! I run it like I want to because I can crack a mean whip, I can cut the flesh from the bone. I heat a hot oven. I like the smell of flesh.'" Wow, those office holiday parties must have been crazy! And who could forget the time Kohlbrecher (allegedly) declared: "We don't owe you black people anything. You need to understand that when we throw you people a bone, you should be grateful." The Observer has more of Kohlbrecher's workplace aphorisms, which would make a really great line of racist Successories posters.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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