Post Tagged with: "discrimination"

‘Separate But Equal?’ Same-Gender Marriage Parallels Racist Jim Crow Laws

‘Separate But Equal?’ Same-Gender Marriage Parallels Racist Jim Crow Laws

SCOTUS is weighing overturning the Defense of Marriage Act. Are comparisons to racism and civil-rights laws helping?

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More Whites Smoke Weed, But NYC Spent $440M Targeting Blacks and Latinos

More Whites Smoke Weed, But NYC Spent $440M Targeting Blacks and Latinos

Is the NYPD making bamboozle arrests? Study quantifies how racial bias wastes tax dollars while Black, Latino teens get disproportionately pinched for marijuana arrests.

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Poor Workforce Diversity Practices Result in Gender Discrimination

Poor Workforce Diversity Practices Result in Gender Discrimination

A food distributor settles for $200,000 after a federal agency concludes that it discriminated against women.

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Emory President “Apologizes” for Praising 3/5 of Person Slavery Compromise

Emory President “Apologizes” for Praising 3/5 of Person Slavery Compromise

The Emory University President is under fire for citing the 3/5 of a person slavery compromise in the U.S. Constitution as “working toward the highest aspiration.” He followed this up with a “to those hurt by [this]” apology.

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Racism? American Idol Lawsuit Offends Former Black Contestant

Racism? American Idol Lawsuit Offends Former Black Contestant

Don’t use me in your racism lawsuit! Jermaine Jones fires back at the Black American Idol contestants claiming discrimination.

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EEOC Reports Nearly 100,000 Job Bias Charges in Fiscal Year 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2013 CONTACT: Christine Nazer Justine Lisser (202) 663-4191 TTY: (202) 663-4912 newsroom@eeoc.gov EEOC REPORTS NEARLY 100,000 JOB BIAS CHARGES IN FISCAL YEAR 2012 Commission Obtains $365 Million for Victims of Workplace Discrimination; Reduces Charge Inventory by 10 Percent for Second Consecutive Year WASHINGTON—The U.S. Equal [...]

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Who Was Most Hurt By ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’? Black Women

Who Was Most Hurt By ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’? Black Women

Less than 1 percent of service women are Black, but 9 percent of all female Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell discharges were Black women.

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Reverse Discrimination? EEOC Allows Bias in Favor of People With Disabilities, Older Workers

Reverse Discrimination? EEOC Allows Bias in Favor of People With Disabilities, Older Workers

An EEOC discussion letter states that the ADA and ADEA cover only one-way discrimination; they do not cover those without disabilities or the more youthful.

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Ask DiversityInc: How Does Your Company Handle Religious Holidays?

Ask DiversityInc: How Does Your Company Handle Religious Holidays?

When allowing employees to celebrate the holidays with tasteful decorations and celebrations, how do organizations make sure that people are not offended?

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New ‘Supervisor’ Definitions Could Increase Discrimination Lawsuits

New ‘Supervisor’ Definitions Could Increase Discrimination Lawsuits

The Supreme Court’s decision could reduce employer liability, but it also may increase racial-discrimination and sexual-harassment cases.

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What Kind of CEO Worries About What Underwear and Cologne You Wear While the Stock Declines by Half?

What Kind of CEO Worries About What Underwear and Cologne You Wear While the Stock Declines by Half?

Abercrombie & Fitch’s CEO is in the public eye for questionable expenditures and outrageous personal demands. And all this while his company’s stock keeps falling.

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Managers’ Racist Bullying Ends in Hospital Paying $1M Lawsuit

Managers’ Racist Bullying Ends in Hospital Paying $1M Lawsuit

A court rules in favor of 70 Filipino caregivers who were ruthlessly harassed for not “speaking English.” Watch the video.

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Ask the White Guy: Can a White Man Speak With Authority on Diversity?

Ask the White Guy: Can a White Man Speak With Authority on Diversity?

Are white men irrelevant to diversity? Here’s my response.

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Augusta National Found Only 2 Qualified Women Out of 3.3 Billion on the Planet?

Augusta National Found Only 2 Qualified Women Out of 3.3 Billion on the Planet?

Adding Condoleezza Rice to its men-only roster does little to reverse the golf club’s history of sex discrimination.

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Racial Discrimination: Black Employee Fired After Being Called the N-Word

Racial Discrimination: Black Employee Fired After Being Called the N-Word

See how this employee’s firing was justified, and read other cases on racial discrimination, religion, disability and FMLA.

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