61.  Only one black employee had obtained a foreman position, a job they claim no one else wanted.

62.  Release of taped discussions about black employees and document destruction promoted calls for boycotts of Texaco gas stations and for investors to sell their Texaco shares.

63.  Roberts said other black employees sought to keep as far away as they could.

64.  Second, the conversation itself was about black employees.

65.  So if one black employee expresses an opinion, white employee assume other blacks share the same opinion.

66.  Texaco has also agreed to provide raises for current black employees and a task force to ensure greater diversity and fair treatment of minorities.

67.  Texaco, meanwhile, is at the center a recent discrimination that began with revelations that senior company executives routinely employed racial slurs to refer to black employees.

68.  That has left some current and former black employees wondering what, exactly, they will be agreeing to when asked to approve the terms of the settlement.

69.  The appointment, which Texaco said it plans to announce Wednesday, could help the big oil company recover from embarrassing revelations about its attitudes toward black employees.

70.  The black employees bringing the suit contend that Cargill has had a long tradition of discrimination.