Racial Discrimination Cases
October 9th, 2013
Written by Mari Yamagughi in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
A Japanese court has ordered a group of anti-Korean activists to pay a Korean school in Kyoto 12 million yen ($120,000) in compensation for disturbing classes and scaring students by shouting "kimchi stinks," ''children of spies" and "destroy Korean schools" and other threats in hate speech rallies outside the school.
Monday's ruling acknowledged for the first time the explicit insults used in...
October 1st, 2013
Written by Pete Yost - Associated Press in Discrimination Cases with 0 Comments
The Justice Department will sue the state of North Carolina for alleged racial discrimination over tough new voting rules, the latest effort by the Obama administration to fight back against a Supreme Court decision that struck down the most powerful part of the landmark Voting Rights Act and freed southern states from strict federal oversight of their elections.
North Carolina has a new law...
September 25th, 2013
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Abercrombie settles a discrimination lawsuit that was brought because they fired one Muslim worker and refused to hire another for wearing a hijab, the traditional head scarf worn by many Muslim women.
Trendy clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has agreed to make religious accommodations and allow workers to wear head scarves as part of a settlement of discrimination lawsuits filed in...
September 19th, 2013
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against a popular Chicago-based Rosebud restaurant chain, alleging that it rarely hires black job applicants at its eateries.
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court alleges that Rosebud Restaurants Inc. is in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act for failing or refusing to hire African-...
July 25th, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The state of Texas Voting Rights laws will be challenged by the United Stated Justice Department. The Justice Department is asking a federal court to require the state of Texas to obtain advance approval for redistricting and any other changes to how a citizen is able to cast a vote.
The Obama administration said Thursday it will open a new front in the battle for voter...