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Category Archives: Race Discrimination
Off-Duty Black Female NYPD Officer Falsely Arrested
NEW YORK, November 7, 2013 - Today, Off-Duty Alexis Murray-Medouze, a Black female, accuses her fellow NYPD officers of assaulting and falsely arresting her. Ms. Murray-Medouze claims, officers’ assigned to the 73rd Precinct assaulted and falsely...
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Historical Attempt to Criminalize Interracial Marriages
The federal laws of United States of America do not prohibit interracial marriages. Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees freedom of life and property as well as equal protection of laws to the citizens....
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Workplace Retaliation
The main purpose of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to eliminate unlawful discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was given powers to enforce the laws that make...
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Are English-Only Rules in the Workplace Lawful?
Answer: Depends The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has stated that ‘English-only’ rules for workplace employees violate the law unless they are “reasonably necessary to the operation of the business.” The EEOC...
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Can An Employer Refuse to Hire an Applicant Based Upon An...
EEOC Answer: Depends The New York State Human Rights Law states that an applicant may not be denied employment or licensure because of his or her conviction record unless there is a direct relationship between the job sought or unless hiring or...
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What is Unemployment Discrimination?
According to the Pew Research Center, the unemployment rate among blacks is about double that among whites, as it has been for most of the past six decades. Unemployment discrimination occurs when an employer refuses to hire an individual based...
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