Alleged racial hazing event at NoHo firehouse

Friday's Los Angeles Times has an article by Gregg Krikorian reporting another allegedly racial hazing event at a Los Angeles County firehouse. Last week, Mad Professah reported about a multi-million dollar jury verdict related to an African American lesbian's discrimination lawsuit against the Fire department.

The Los Angeles City Fire Department is investigating allegations that a young African American firefighter found his locker at a North Hollywood station vandalized in a racist manner in recent days.

Although top officials with the city's fire and police departments would not disclose the nature of the incident at Fire Station 89 because of the internal investigation, others familiar with the probe said the rookie firefighter opened his locker to find a banana and his clothing — including his uniform — covered with a white lotion or foam.

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Hmmmmm, what are the racial semiotics of this incident? Let's see, his uniform and a phallus banana are painted white. Seems to me that the perpetrators are questioning the firefighter's racial bonafides. I wonder how much this incident is going to cost city taxpayers?