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In the Ricci v. DeStefano case, Ricci a white male filed a disparate impact lawsuit under the Title VII. Ricci past the test that was given to be promoted within the fire department. Ricci was one of many (white) candidates to passed the test. The testing service hired to administer the test discarded all test because many minorities did not pass. Dothard case would fall under the disparate impact provision because unless the weight testing requirements are revised to be fair to all regardless of gender, more men will continue to outperform women.
"My decision will not end the racial disparities that exist in the justice system, in our justice system. My decision is not based on emotion. Rather, this decision is based on the facts as they have been investigated and reported to
The City of New Haven, Connecticut, in 2003, had vacant positions within their Fire Department. The City desired to fill these positions and pursued a means to identify internal candidates for promotional opportunities. Charles E. Mitchell (2013) writes, “The City hired Industrial /Organization Solutions, Inc. (IOS) to develop and administer its examination at a cost of $100,000.000. IOS took painstaking efforts to design and develop a test that was fair, job related, and consistent with business necessity” (p. 45). The examination outcome indicated that the white candidates had done far better than the minority candidates.
He was pulled out of his car and beaten by four officers. He was hit over 50 times with a baton, suffering 11 fractures and other injuries. Rodney King’s beating on March 3rd, 1991, would be the event to change not just the LAPD, or the whole of Los Angeles. It would change the country. (“The Beating that Changed America: What Happened To Rodney King 25 Years Ago.”)
All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality.” As a consequence without justice, the persons affected by unjust laws will never feel racial
This says that at almost every level of the Criminal Justice System there is racial discrimination against Black Americans. The Criminal Justice System is racially biased. The Criminal Justice System is even prejudice from the very beginning of the imprisonment process.
While most people like myself avoid discussing the hot topic of race, Under Our Skin: Getting Real About Race by Benjamin Watson has encouraged not only me, but it should encourage people of all races to deliberate the looming issue of race in our country without fear of saying something erroneous or offending someone who does not coincide with you. Watson’s book has given me the opportunity to march on a new route as I discuss the reality of racial conflict with my peers. Although I myself do not agree with absolutely everything that Watson stated, Watson’s experiences set forth in the book do help in elevating my level of understanding of the complicated issue of race and other diversity and inclusion issues arising under Title VII of the
Imagine a time where all races are separated. One day that will all change. In the 1950s, there was a fearless African American lady who stood up to racial segregation. That started the protests towards the unfair, racial discrimination. African Americans weren’t allowed to use any white public facilities such as schools, bathrooms, and parks.
The aforementioned case brings about an interesting and sobering question about racial discrimination and bias and its role in the courtroom. In this instance, the defendant Duane Buck was convicted of murdering his former girlfriend, and her friend in front of their young children. During the cases, sentencing hearing the defendant called upon a psychologist (Quijano) who stated, under oath that “It’s a sad commentary that minorities, Hispanics, and black people, are overrepresented in the criminal justice system”. The prosecutor followed that by asking “The race factor, black, increases the future dangerousness for various complicated reasons — is that correct?” To which Quijano responded, “yes”.
Herndon, L. (2013). Why is Racial Injustice Still Permitted in the United States?: An International Human Rights Perspective on the United States' Inadequate Compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Wisconsin International Law Journal, 31(2), 322-351. Lisa Herndon explained that racial discrimination along with racism have made presence in people’s lives since old times.
In contrast, Alan Jenkins, in a more didactic and informative style, goes a step further by showing that Dr. Loury 's well-intended position only helps perpetuate racial discrimination and inequality. Using logos as his strong rhetorical foundation and to support his viewpoint, Jenkins cites a research done in the cities of Boston and Chicago where candidates, with the same job qualifications, but with more black-sounding names, received fewer calls than their white counterparts. Unlike Dr. Loury, who sees race distinctions as a tool to eradicate racial inequality, Jenkins explains that race is only important if one wants to understand the problem and create solutions to end racial discrimination and inequality. To that point, Jenkins (2013)
This has been counteracted with The Equality Act in 2015 which is a bill in the United States House of Representatives and the Senate that will soon be passed down to modify the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include protections that ban discrimination on the basis of
An institutional racism still faced both past and present can be found in incarceration and racial profiling. Our prison populations have skyrocketed since the 80 's and there is a disproportionate amount of black and Latino individuals who are incarcerated. Between New York’s stop and frisk policies and the insurmountable amounts of unarmed black and Latino men who are shot by police the discrimination by the police and law enforcement is clearly evident. Although black and Latino drivers are less likely than white to be carrying drug and other contraband the majority of car pulled over are the cars of black and Latino divers. The racial profiling is just one reason for the disproportionate black and Latino prison population.
In today's era people of color face discrimination, police brutality, and unfair judgment on an everyday basis in the United States. You look at the news at each day, it's a new case of police brutality or discrimination. Look no further than the
Racial inequality has plagued our society for centuries and has been described as a “black eye” on American history. It wasn’t until the passing of The Civil Rights Act of 1965 that minorities were given equal protection under the law. This was a crucial step on our society’s road to reconciling this injustice. However, the effects of past racial inequality are still visible to this day, and our society still wrestles with how to solve this issue. In 1965, President Lyndon B Johnson said: “You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say you are free to compete with all the others, and still just believe that you have been completely fair.
