A woman who was subjected to a string of vile racial slurs in a WhatsApp group following a work row about white privilege has been awarded nearly £25,000.
Muna Abdi, who is of black and Somali origin and wears a headscarf, was subject to 'extreme racism' when her colleagues called her a 'postbox' and 'terrorist' and said she smelled of curry in a WhatsApp group.
The admin worker complained to her employers at Deltec International Courier Ltd, based in Middlesex, but resigned after management failed to deal with the racial abuse.
At a tribunal hearing, Ms Abdi won her claims of unlawful harassment on the grounds of religion, race and sex, and Deltec were ordered to pay her a total sum of £24,945.72 within 13 days.
In August 2018, there was a general office discussion about white privilege and Ms Abdi said it ended with two of her male colleagues, Tyrel Tripp and Oliver Rolls, claiming that most crimes in England were carried out by black people.
Ms Abdi described the 'heated' discussion as 'vile' and said she had countered her colleagues' arguments but they both continued to 'reiterate their position', the Watford tribunal heard.
Muna Abdi, who is of black and Somali origin, was subject to 'extreme racism' when her colleagues at Deltec International Courier Ltd (pictured), Middlesex, called her 'a terrorist'
Tension were already high as Ms Abdi believed she was being underpaid compared to Mr Tripp and Mr Rolls, who both appeared to carry out the same job but were being paid a salary of £20,000.
Her equivalent starting rate was just £7.75 per hour, despite her claims that they both requested to 'copy what she was doing' in the office.
Ms Abdi later used a colleague's login details to log into a computer, in proper course of her duties, and saw a WhatsApp group including the two men, another co-worker Brandon Tripp and her line manager Simon Hocking.
The chat included a string of comments that the tribunal found were 'highly offensive and threatening and includes threats of violence directly personally towards the claimant'.
The vile racial slurs included Tyrel Tripp saying 'f***ing immigrants' and Mr Rolls saying 'smell like f***ing chucked tikka' and
