California Attorneys Fighting Race Discrimination in the Workplace
More than four decades after the passing of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, race discrimination in employment still rears its ugly head in America today. Attorneys of the Popelka Law Group in San Jose, California, dedicate their careers to the pursuit of justice on behalf of workers who have experienced illegal racial discrimination and other forms of employment discrimination.
Contact us to schedule a consultation if you believe you have been discriminated against on the basis of your ethnic or racial identity in California.
The EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) specifies with clarity and force the following prohibitions against race discrimination in American employment contexts:
Equal employment opportunity cannot be denied any person because of his/her racial group or perceived racial group, his/her race-linked characteristics (e.g., hair texture, color, facial features), or because of his/her marriage to or association with someone of a particular race or color.
Title VII also prohibits employment decisions based on stereotypes and assumptions about abilities, traits, or the performance of individuals of certain racial groups. Title VII's prohibitions apply regardless of whether the discrimination is directed at Whites, Blacks, Asians, Latinos, Arabs, Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, multi-racial individuals, or persons of any other race, color, or ethnicity.
Activists of the Civil Rights Movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr., fought the battle to put laws in place banning race discrimination at work, in education, in housing and in public transportation, among other contexts. The battle for racial equity in the workplace continues today. Employees who speak up and attorneys who stand beside them in pursuit of justice make further progress in the struggle against race discrimination employment.
Contact us to discuss your situation with a dedicated, experienced race discrimination lawyer.
