Introduction With our class readings these last few weeks and the videos we have watched, we have had the opportunity to learn about the Federal law Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the impact it continues to have on people’s lives. According to the Employment and Labor Law the reason for Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to help improve the problems dealing with discrimination and to promote equality (Cihon & Castagnera, 2014). The law protects employees and applicants for employment from retaliation by their employers. This paper will focus on why the law was passed, where the law stands now, what changes have occurred since it was put into law, why were changes made, has the law been effective since its establishment,
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Children were being bombed in churches and there were quarrels taking place between protesters and the police that were being televised on national television. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed to deal with the increasing demands of African Americans to have equal rights just like White Americans. During the 1960’s era racism was at an all time high in the United States, mainly taking place in the Southern States. There was so much prejudice happening that African Americans were not allowed to do the same things as their white counterparts such as work in certain places, drink from the same water fountains, sit in the same area in a restaurant, sit at the front of the bus, speak, or sometimes look at a White American. A well-known account of the times would be the Emmitt Till murder case. If an African American did any of those things they would risk being humiliated such as spit on and in some cases it could cost them their …show more content…
For instance, what would happen in a hypothetical scenario if a white woman and a black woman applied for the same job and if the women encountered employer discrimination? Would the black woman solely be allowed to rely on the Civil Rights Act, while the white woman had no option? Also, this led into the argument that this law allows for people to “play the race card” as an excuse to get certain benefits without putting in any effort. This law was also suggested to create further division between people on the basis that not all people would be “covered” under the
Children were being bombed in churches and there were quarrels taking place between protesters and the police that were being televised on national television. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed to deal with the increasing demands of African Americans to have equal rights just like White Americans. During the 1960’s era racism was at an all time high in the United States, mainly taking place in the Southern States. There was so much prejudice happening that African Americans were not allowed to do the same things as their white counterparts such as work in certain places, drink from the same water fountains, sit in the same area in a restaurant, sit at the front of the bus, speak, or sometimes look at a White American. A well-known account of the times would be the Emmitt Till murder case. If an African American did any of those things they would risk being humiliated such as spit on and in some cases it could cost them their …show more content…
For instance, what would happen in a hypothetical scenario if a white woman and a black woman applied for the same job and if the women encountered employer discrimination? Would the black woman solely be allowed to rely on the Civil Rights Act, while the white woman had no option? Also, this led into the argument that this law allows for people to “play the race card” as an excuse to get certain benefits without putting in any effort. This law was also suggested to create further division between people on the basis that not all people would be “covered” under the