Legal developments—Race discrimination still challenges U.S. employers; Upcoming workplace-related legislation
✍ Scribed by Elizabeth D. MacGillivray; H. Juanita M. Beecher; Deirdre Golden
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1932-2054
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✦ Synopsis
Racial Harassment Filings Rise Sharply in 2007;
"Noose is the New N-Word" Cases of racial harassment filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) increased 24 percent in 2007, a year of racial turmoil that included numerous noose displays. State and city lawmakers have stepped up efforts to make it a crime to intimidate someone with a noose. The Department of Justice, which has set up a network to link investigators reviewing noose incidents, has indicted a Louisiana teen on hate crime charges for dangling a noose from his pickup and driving past demonstrators after a protest in Jena, Louisiana. EEOC Chair Naomi Earp said, "The noose has replaced the N-word . . . as the choice if you want to threaten or intimidate someone.