Discrimination in the Workplace

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This paper examines how, despite laws in place against discrimination, inequality still exists in the workplace through race and gender. It begins by looking at the historical background of the laws which are in place to protect workers. It then looks at specific examples of race and gender discrimination and at the legal machinery available to fight such occurrences. It presents arguments for anti-discrimination laws and compares the differences between gender and racial discrimination.

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"In many states, racial discrimination was the law of the land, and it was accepted or endured as a fact of social life even in regions that rejected official segregation and other discriminatory laws. As for what is now called gender discrimination, it was so taken for granted that for most people the concept hardly existed. The very presence of a woman in the workplace was regarded as, in a way, temporary, "until she got married," or it was due to some special contingency. Most working women were found in occupations regarded as female, such as secretarial work. Sexual jokes, innuendoes, or pressures were limited only by the goodwill of male coworkers."

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