A federal judge on Monday sided with Amazon.com Inc in dismissing a discrimination lawsuit that workplace organizer Christian Smalls had filed against his former employer. U.S. District Judge Rachel Kovner rejected Smalls’ claim that Amazon had fired him because he is Black and had opposed discriminatory COVID-19 policies. Smalls’ allegation that Amazon subjected a largely non-white workforce to conditions inferior to that of its mostly white managers, by failing to provide necessary protective gear, failed on the merits as well, Kovner said. Smalls had no immediate comment. Amazon did not immediately comment. The online retailer terminated Smalls in March 2020, saying he joined a protest at its warehouse on New York City’s Staten Island despite being on paid quarantine from close contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19. In the months since, Smalls has led an organizing campaign at the warehouse to create what he and peers call the Amazon …