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Disparate treatment still exists? You bet.
On October 20, 2005 by Jamie Madigan
While I think it would be fanciful to argue that racism in America has been eradicated, what you don't often see any more is overt racism when it comes to hiring. Not too many companies append "Catholics need not apply" or other malicious and discriminatory phrases to the end of their Monster.com job postings. Instead, discrimination is usually much more subtle when it happens at all. It may very well not even be intentional.
But not always. The Employment Law Bulletin has a story about overt discrimination as recently discovered by the Fifth Circuit Court. The case, Jones v. Robinson Property (5th Cir, October 11, 2005) deals with a Black man, Ralph Jones, who was applying for a job in Mississippi as a casino dealer. Jones is a certified poker dealer with substantial experience in the job.
Yet the casino repeatedly refused to hire Jones as a dealer. The reason? Because, in the alleged words of the defendant in this case, "these good old white boys don't want black people touching their cards."
Wow. Maybe I'm just being naive, but that seems pretty outrageous. There are plenty of other things that the people at this casino did, all of which are described in the case. It's also worth keeping in mind that the EEOC will often consider people to be "applicants" even if they were intimidated or dissuaded from applying for the job because the employer has a reputation for discrimination, which really just compounds their troubles.
Existing comments:
Posted by Canadian Headhunter at October 21, 2005 12:06 PM:
Alice saw a mouse on the table. It said Click here
Posted by Jamie at October 21, 2005 6:21 PM:
Oops! Would you believe that the headlines are the only part of the posts I don't spell check? No, probably not.
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