  ticle-14296265/fez-wearing-tesco-wo rker-sues-race-discrimination.html > a tesco worker sued the supermarket giant for race discrimination after being told he looked like tommy cooper - because he wore a distinctive fez to work. > kester charles bey took the supermarket giant to an employment tribunal over comparisons to the popular tv comedian and magician of the 1970s. > the entertainer wore a fez - a red felt tasselled hat associated with morocco - when on stage. > and mr bey, who is an independent councillor for woodley town council, in berkshire, claimed that describing him as looking like cooper was both religious and racial harassment because of his 'moorish' background. > but - 'just like that' - his discrimination case was dismissed with an employment judge ruling it had no chance of succeeding. lol.
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