Findlaw columnist Joanna Grossman and Professor of Law (University of Pittsburgh) Deborah Brake analyze the ramifications of the recent Supreme Court decision regarding pay discrimination. How much time is a long enough time for someone to report discrimination? Who decides that, and why? Pertinent questions, incisive arguments. Follows:
Reviving Title VII’s Protection Against Pay Discrimination In [...]
Posted on July 12th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Its time L’Oreal responded to the questions of blatant racism practiced by the corporate house.
BET has a story, hard to miss.
L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics firm, says its business is a “celebration of diversity” and its famous slogan is “Because you’re worth it.” But is the company referring to White women only?
A [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Well, at least so it seems, what with the enthusiasm that prevailed over participants on the “Happy Funeral†of N-Word.
Thousands of Attendees and Onlookers Cheer as the N-Word Gets Buried in ‘Happy Funeral’
By: Michael H. Cottman
DETROIT – The “N-word,” so says the NAACP, is dead.
Thousands of NAACP delegates at the organization’s 98th annual convention [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Mary Sanchez reflects on Class paradigm in the racist American public school system.
Class — not just race — is to blame for separate and unequal schools
Now that the Roberts Supreme Court has essentially taken race off the table in the public schools debate, how will reformers go about addressing the inequities that persist in [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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There is quite a bit of debate about why Julian Bond had to compare Katrina to lynching. Nomorespin blog attacks the thesis, but what was taken out of context was perhaps the larger speech within which it made perfect sense.
Appears like Nomorespin was busy using a spin around the convention news. The normal headline [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Central Valley Indymedia reports that McDonald’s would not permit a homeless woman to use restroom under the assumption that she was not going to be able to purchase anything.
Sherri Williams was cited by the police yesterday because she tried to use the restroom at McDonald’s at Olive and highway 99 in Fresno. Williams and [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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An AP story has exposed the racism of yet another corporate house that projects itself innocent by dealing with children’s imagination.
Lawsuit: Toy R Us Targets Blacks
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
The Toys “R” Us toy store chain singles out black customers in a pattern of race-based stops, searches and wrongful detentions, according to a race discrimination lawsuit [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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International Herald Tribune reports that a Los Angeles jury has awarded $6.2 million to a firefighter who was harassed by colleagues because she is black and a lesbian.
The harassment included someone mixing urine with her mouthwash, she said. Brenda Lee’s lawsuit against the Los Angeles Fire Department also claimed her superiors made derogatory comments [...]
Posted on July 4th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Karen Rutzick for govexec.com quotes official documents to suggest that disparities in promotions, performance ratings are still based on race in the United States.
Ronald Stroman was hauled before a joint Senate-House hearing in May to explain why black analysts at the Government Accountability Office were receiving lower performance ratings than their white counterparts.
How did [...]
Posted on July 3rd, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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