By Samantha Mc Lane
Equal Pay Day is a movement that aims for the benefit of all working women in the United States without exception. However, as incredible as it is that gender inequity still persists in this century, inequity and differences remain between races, national origin and legal status. The statistics say it: Latinas earn […]
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Samantha Mc Lane
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Toyota of Bowie will pay a total of $202,000 to two black men from Landover and Silver Spring to settle a race discrimination suit, said the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday.
The EEOC’s lawsuit, filed in 2005, alleges that Charles Dyer of Silver Spring was not hired for the position of sales manager or […]
Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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The EEOC partnered with Wynton Marsalis and New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center to produce two public service announcements (PSAs) on workplace discrimination. Each of the 30-second spots aims to increase recognition and reporting of race discrimination at work by making viewers aware that it is against the law.
To view the PSAs, go to: http://www.eeoc.gov/psa/marsalis.html
Both […]
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Peter Lattman posts on Wall Street Journal Blog several quotes from MLK. Collected from “Yale Book of Quotations” by Yale Law librarian Fred Shapiro:
Government action is not the whole answer to the present crisis, but it is an important partial answer. Morals cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. The […]
Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Esther Wu writes for Dallas News about abuses among the immigrant communities. She says, there is a high rate number of domestic violence among immigrants, because some immigrant women may feel helpless since they lack communication skills, or their husbands may hold their passports.
Officials say Texas is a major destination for victims of human trafficking.
“Human […]
Posted on January 20th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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New York Times reports the settlement of a bias suit that took nearly four decades to grant justice.
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
A federal judge has approved a $6.2 million settlement for black and Hispanic sheet metal workers in a 37-year-old lawsuit against a union that critics have called one of the city’s most notorious for […]
Posted on January 19th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Brenda Norrell posts a blog entry on the Consolidated Indigenous Shadow Report. The report will be presented to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racism by the International Indian Treaty Council:
III. Indian Reservation Apartheid
“Apartheid” is a strong word. And certainly, there are recognized Tribes in the US that are now achieving certain levels of […]
Posted on January 18th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Diversity Inc collects reports that suggest racial harassment at work has hits new record.
Racial harassment is on the rise in the workplace and it’s more than just the use of the N-word, reports the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The discrimination watchdog reports a spike in racist graffiti, Ku Klux Klan propaganda and even physical […]
Posted on January 14th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Diversity (or, the lack of it) in the newsroom has been a matter of scholarly debates. However, where there is, how are the corporates faring? In the latest examination, a television station fails the test.
Paul Monies writes for Business Writer
U.S. sues KOKH-25, alleges bias in reporter race, gender
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed […]
Posted on September 20th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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In Connecticut, a public university provides parable of shocking race and gender biases. The raw data suggests the reality that is ghastly. From professors openly professing racism to campus newspaper promoting horribly sexist comic strips…. welcome to Conservative America, 2007.
In a revealing article on New Britain Herald, Fran Morales writes at length about this […]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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