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During the fiscal year of 2006 there were over 27,000 racial discrimination claims filed with the EEOC.
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Racial Discrimination
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Employment discrimination laws have been enacted to protect against Racial Discrimination in the United States. One such law is under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects individuals from employment discrimination on the basis of race or color.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees and job applicants. Under this law, it is unlawful to discriminate against a person because or his/her racial group or perceived racial group, his/her race-linked characteristics (e.g., hair texture, color, facial features), or because of his/her marriage to or association with someone of a particular race or color.
In addition, the prohibitions in this law apply regardless of whether the discrimination is directed at Whites, Blacks, Asians, Latinos, Arabs, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, multi-racial individuals, or persons of any other race, color, or ethnicity.
Forms of Racial Discrimination
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is illegal to discriminate in any aspect of employment, including:
- hiring and firing;
- compensation, assignment, or classification of employees;
- transfer, promotion, layoff, or recall;
- job advertisements;
- recruitment;
- testing;
- use of company facilities;
- training and apprenticeship programs;
- fringe benefits;
- pay, retirement plans, and disability leave; or
- other terms and conditions of employment.
Special Considerations
The following is a brief list of special considerations relating to racial discrimination.
- Harassment / Hostile Work Environment - You are protected against racial or ethnic slurs, racial "jokes," derogatory comments, or other verbal or physical conduct based on an individual's race/color.
- Compensation and Other Employment Terms, Conditions, and Privileges - You are protected against discrimination in compensation and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
- Segregation and Classification of Employees - You are protected against segregation and isolation from other employees or from customer contact. In addition, employers may not assign employees according to race or color. It is also illegal to exclude members of one group from particular positions or to group or categorize employees or jobs so that certain jobs are generally held by members of a certain protected group.
- Retaliation - You are protected and have a right to be free from retaliation for your opposition to discrimination or the participation in an EEOC proceeding by filing a charge, testifying, assisting, or otherwise participating in an agency proceeding.
Do I Have a Racial Discrimination Lawsuit?
If you feel that you have been discriminated against because of your race, WE can help. Our law firm’s employment discrimination attorneys are an experienced team of trial lawyers that represent our clients in racial discrimination lawsuits. We are a small yet powerful boutique type law firm with the resources available to represent you in your time of need.
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Beleaguered Blair - Guardian Unlimited
A policeman's lot is not a happy one, particularly if you're Sir Ian Blair. The Tarique Ghaffur racial discrimination case has come at the worst possible time for the beleaguered Met commissioner, coming as it has done hard on the heels of so many ...
Asian officer loses racial bias case against Met - The Independent
One of the two senior Asian officers suing the Metropolitan Police for racial discrimination has lost his claim after alleging that a "golden circle" of white officers had been chosen to run Britain's largest force. Commander Shabir Hussain, 45, who ...
Racism claim against force rejected - Guardian Unlimited
Claims that Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair overlooked black and Asian officers to promote a "golden circle" of white candidates were rejected by an employment tribunal. A panel last week dismissed every strand of 45-year-old Commander ...
Native correctional officer files racial discrimination suit Email ... - Indian Country Today
Photo courtesy Michael Clemente -- Robert Hunter, Abinake, Albany County correctional officer ALBANY, N.Y. - Albany County correctional officer Robert Hunter has filed a racial discrimination suit against the Albany County Correctional Facility and ...
Obama and Inequality: On Racial Preferences - New York Sun
Senator Obama claims to be the candidate who transcends old ways of thinking about race. If that were really true, he would embrace genuine equality, like clear majorities of American voters have, even in relatively liberal states such as California ...
Asian police officer?s racial bias case dismissed - Thaindian.com
London, Sep 2 (IANS) A British employment tribunal has dismissed a case of racial discrimination against the Metropolitan Police levelled by senior Asian officer Shabir Husain.He is one of the two officers - Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur ...
Asian police officer's racial bias case dismissed - IBN LIve
CASE DISMISSED: British employment tribunal rejects charges against police chief. London: A British employment tribunal has dismissed allegation of racial discrimination against the Metropolitan Police levelled by senior Asian officer Shabir Husain ...
Is it a case of racial discrimination, or an office joke? - KBTX.com
A local man says he received the ultimate form of discrimination in the workplace, a "noose" sitting on his desk. However, the controversy revolves around whether it was actually a "noose" or just a "rope". It's been nothing but tears of sadness for ...
Climate experts spar over Africa?s polluting gases - Chicago Defender
South Africa and Nigeria are the worst greenhouse gas emitters in Africa, according to climate experts attending the recent U.N. conference on climate change in Accra, Ghana. But agreement among the experts ends there. Western countries have been ...
Who Needs the NAACP? - ABC News
Twenty-somethings like Lesley Younge should be the ideal prescription for what ails the NAACP, the nation's premier civil rights organization. An African-American fourth-grade teacher at New York City's private Dalton School, Younge figures that the ...
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