Man dressed up as minstrel and mocked black colleague
(World News UK)

A 62-year-old man has been fined for dressing up as a black and white minstrel during a work party and singing in the face of a black employee to mock her. Brian Davies caused the woman “alarm, distress and offence” by blacking up his face and performing during a Christmas outing with colleagues. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court heard catering manager Loretta Dayley was “singled out” by Davies when he directed the black and white minstrel song Mammy at her at the Coopers Carvery in Cardiff. On Wednesday, Davies, a maintenance worker at the mental healthcare provider the Priory Group, was ordered by magistrates to pay a total of £450 for his “racially...