Color Discrimination In The Workplace Essay

Education is important because, first of all, people need to know that discrimination still exists. It is still real in the workplace, and we should not take that for granted.(n.d. Alexis Herman). Race discrimination involves treating someone (an applicant or employee) unfavorably because he/she is of a certain race or because of personal characteristics associated with race (such as hair texture, skin color, or certain facial features). Color discrimination involves treating someone unfavorably because of skin color, complexion.(n.d. EEOC) Race/Color Discrimination and work situations, laws forbids discrimination when it comes to any position of employment, including hiring, firing, pay, job assignments, promotions, layoff, training, fringe

McDonald’s, workers from Virginia are suing their stores for racial discrimination and sexual harassment .The 10 plaintiffs nine of whom are African-American, and one of whom is Hispanic say they were wrongfully fired last year and replaced with mostly white workers because their managers believed there had been “too many black people working in the store.” The lawsuit claims that women were harassed and groped and that minorities were subjected to racist taunts. It also claims that managers referred to one restaurant as “the ghetto store.” The meaning behind calling the store ghetto store is the lowest form of disrespect, no manners and

This could also affect Latin- Americans, Native Americans and Mexican- Americans just to name a few. There are many other cultures that are affected by workplace discrimination and sexual harassment. Men are subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace, despite the fact that over half of all women in the workplace report experiencing some form of sexual harassment on the job, the concern of sexual harassment of men is beginning to get more media attention. Sexual harassment against men is often not taken that seriously. There has been widespread research looking at how sexual harassment can affect men, both in terms of the emotional concerns and reduced job outlooks, fewer studies have looked at how men are