In the summer of 2020, protests erupted across the country in the wake of the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. The protests drew attention to racial discrimination and the problem of meaningful diversity in every industry, law included. But what has happened to the pledges of Big Law firms to do better in recruiting and promoting black lawyers?…
The Justice Department under President Joe Biden has voluntarily withdrawn its lawsuit claiming that the Yale application process violated Title XI’s prohibition against racial discrimination. However, the move may be more political than precedential, as a conservative advocacy group stands ready to take Yale, Harvard, and several other universities’ Affirmative Action policies to the highest court. Justice Department Drops Effort…
Can a woman be an executive and still face gender discrimination? Former Pinterest COO sued the social media company, saying she was fired when she spoke out against discrimination at work. Now the company has settled her lawsuit for $22.5 million, promising to do better by its women workers. Gender Discrimination in the Boardroom If you look at Pinterest users…
African Americans, especially larger black men, often face racial discrimination and fear at work and by their neighborhood police officers. In 2020 and 2021, the Coronavirus pandemic response had everyone from the CDC to local mayors begging people to mask up. But for African Americans, the choice was whether to face increased racial discrimination by wearing a mask and covering…
The public face of racial discrimination is usually an African American, or possibly Latino. However, members of any minority can face bias and prejudice at work and in their day-to-day lives. Tribal members, and others who identify as Native Americans, face their own...
When a workplace turns hostile, it is often not just one employee who suffers. Even when only a handful of employees come forward to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), it is often a sign that relief will take company-wide changes. At Ford harassment...
When racist jokes fly in the workplace it can make every shift uncomfortable. When does racial harassment cross the line into discrimination? Is there anything you can do to stop the jokes? In this blog post, I will discuss the federal laws against racial...