New York Race Discrimination Lawyers
As New York race discrimination lawyers, we understand that race and color discrimination remain serious issues in many workplaces in New York. Employees may face unfair treatment, harassment, unequal pay, or wrongful termination based on race, ethnicity, skin color, or perceived racial identity. When these actions interfere with your ability to work, advance, or feel safe in your job, the law provides strong protections.
Our experienced race discrimination attorneys represent employees throughout New York who have experienced race or color discrimination at work. We advocate for employees across all industries and job levels, from entry-level workers to executives. We handle cases arising under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL), the New York State Human Rights Law, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which together provide strong legal protections for NYC employees.
What is Race Discrimination?
Race discrimination can take many forms, including discriminatory hiring practices, denial of promotions, pay disparities, retaliation for reporting misconduct, or a hostile work environment. These issues are often subtle, persistent, and difficult to challenge without legal guidance. A New York race discrimination attorney can help assess whether unlawful conduct has occurred and determine the most effective path forward.
We Can Help
If you believe you have been treated unfairly because of your race or color, consulting with an NY race discrimination lawyer can help you understand your options and protect your rights.
Examples of Race Discrimination in the Workplace
Let’s say you apply for a job for which you have experience and great qualifications, but you’re not hired because some of the company’s customers aren’t comfortable dealing with people of color. OK, that’s an easy one, right?
What if you’re fired and told that it’s because the company is laying people off due to cutbacks or a “reorganization,” yet white employees with the same job and with less seniority than you get to keep their jobs, so your company’s lying about the reason, and you feel the decision to fire you was actually motivated by racial hostility, not objective criteria, so your argument is that “cutbacks” was just a pretext—the phony reason your employer gave for firing you—when the real reason you were fired was due to your race.
You have now worked for your company for several years, getting great reviews and bonuses, yet each of the three times you’ve applied for promotions, less qualified non-minority employees always get the job instead of you, or instead of other people of color.
One of your coworkers thinks that it’s amusing to use racial slurs and epithets and to tell jokes insulting blacks, Latinos, Asians, and other ethnic minorities, and these comments make you uncomfortable, whether you’re a “minority” yourself or not. You’ve asked him to stop, but he tells you to get a sense of humor, and while your manager keeps telling you to ignore him, the racist co-worker isn’t disciplined or otherwise asked to stop his hateful, hostile, and harassing speech and conduct.
All of the above examples are illustrations of race discrimination in the workplace. Are you being discriminated against because of your race, or is your employer just treating you badly for any number of non-race-based reasons? That’s the first question for you to answer. Am I experiencing this hostility in the workplace because I’m a person of color, or could it just be that my boss is a just a big jerk and he doesn’t like me for reasons other than my skin color? If you conclude that yes, you’re being treated differently because of your race and/or color, than you’re experiencing illegal workplace race discrimination.
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