Where a tax-component award is appropriate in a Title VII context to make the plaintiff whole, the ruling was affirmed. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb, Western District of Wisconsin. Dion Miller, a black man, worked as a cook for Northern Star Hospitality Inc. in western Wisconsin. Northern Star did business as Sparx Restaurant. In October 2010, Miller arrived at work one day to begin his morning shift. A co-worker told him to look at the kitchen …