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Tiffany & Co. is racist: lawsuit

Tiffany & Co. keeps blacks from upper management — due to an “antiquated” view that they can’t represent a luxury brand, a black manager claims in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday.

Michael McClure, a group director for two Tiffany stores in Texas, says he’s the only token black among more than 200 management-level staffers nationwide who deal directly with customers — and he’s in danger of losing his job.

The threat comes from a new boss expressing surprise that “a black man was representing the Tiffany brand” and Tiffany’s history of bias, the suit says.

Tiffany spokesman Linda Buckley said the “lawsuit allegations are completely without merit,” adding, “We welcome and value diversity in all forms.”