A woman of Filipino ancestry [Pati Poblete] has sued the Honolulu Advertiser [part of Gannett], claiming racial discrimination by a top newspaper editor [Jeanne Mariani-Belding]...Advertiser Editor Mark Platte called the charges of racial discrimination, retaliation and emotional distress "baseless" and said the newspaper would fight the case...[Mariani-Belding] did not return a phone call yesterday....Poblete said she...was immediately forced by Mariani-Belding to keep progress logs on a co-worker of Filipino ancestry...Mariani-Belding's racial attacks turned to Poblete after she protested…according to the suit.