PLEASANTON, California -- The owners of a construction company, a husband and wife, are under fire for allegedly giving an African-American employee a Confederate flag purse as a holiday gift.[br /][br /]That employee has now filed a race discrimination and harassment lawsuit against [url HREF="http://southlandcm.com/home.cms" TARGET="" REL=""]Southland Construction[/url].[br /]
[br /]Tishay Wright said it was the last straw -- a racist package she believes was retaliation for her speaking up about prior incidents. "This is not a joke. This is very serious," she said.[br /][br /]The holiday gift from her boss was a rhinestone purse with a Confederate flag on it. And inside, photos of her boss and his wife dressed in Donald Trump attire with more Confederate memorabilia behind them.[br /][br /][twitter ID="872933252767432705" /][br /]"It made me sick to my stomach," Wright said. "And I felt like dirt, like he considered me to be less of a human."[br /][br /]Photos show Southland owner Kenneth Hayden and his wife Anita. They appear to have been taken inside an office cubicle.[br /][br /]"I've never dealt with something that was so offensive, where someone was so proud to inflict an injury message on another person," Wright's attorney, Christopher Dolan, said.[br /]