The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines race discrimination this way: “treating someone (an employee or applicant) unfavorably because he or she is of a certain race or because of characteristics associated with race.” An associated issue occurs when one’s skin color/complexion is the cause of negative treatment.
No Need to Sacrifice the Safety of a Mother or Baby in Order for a Pregnant Woman to Earn a Living
This powerful article published in the New York Times, "Miscarrying at Work: The Physical Toll of Pregnancy Discrimination", by Jessica Silver-Greenberg shares the stories of women who have been denied light duty during pregnancy and lost their babies.
Asian Americans are victims of discrimination at Harvard and other Ivy Colleges
This is a very interesting piece, No, Affirmative Action Has Not Made Asian-Americans the 'New Jews', by an academic expert, Jerome Karabel, arguing that Ivy League colleges are not unlawfully discriminating against Asian Americans as alleged in a currently pending lawsuit in Boston. I disagree with it, but it is worth reading.
Women Working in Manufacturing Plants
Here's a story from The New York Times, "Meet the Woman in Charge of Building the Best-Selling Pickup Truck in America", by Tiffany Hsu that I thought you'd find interesting:
