Black Nanny Can Pursue Race Bias Claims Against White Couple

A text message a wife meant to send to her husband supports a nanny’s claims that she was immediately fired when the couple learned she is black, a federal judge ruled.

The text message from Lynsey Plasco-Flaxman was instead received by the nanny, Giselle Maurice, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said May 29. It read, “NOOOOOOOOOOO ANOTHER BLACK PERSON.” Plasco-Flaxman sent the text as she was picking up Maurice at a Long Island train station.

Maurice says Plasco-Flaxman fired her soon after they went to the couple’s Long Island residence, after speaking by the ...