workplace discrimination
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Black Employees File Civil Rights Lawsuit Against NYC Fire Department, Say Racism Within FDNY Is a ‘Disease’
Black employees have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Fire Department of New York, alleging that the city agency has failed to pay and promote its black workers at a level equal to that of their white peers. This is beginning to feel a lot like déjà vu. As the New York Daily…
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EEOC Sues Ind. Nursing Home for Allowing Residents to Be Racist Toward Black Employees
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing an Indiana nursing home for subjecting its black employees to harassment and honoring the racist preferences of its residents. The Indianapolis Star reports that the claim was filed Tuesday. The EEOC charges that Hamilton Pointe nursing home in Evansville, Ind., blocked its black employees from entering the rooms of…
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#GenForward: Half of Black Young People Face Job Discrimination
Almost half of young African Americans say that they’ve experienced racial discrimination while looking for a job and while on the job, and one-third of young women of all races say they’ve faced employment-related gender discrimination, according to the Associated Press. From this, one can draw the logical conclusion that black women are probably the…