Conservatives Criticism Against Discrimination Employment
From the Civil Rights Act, the Green VS. County School Board and the Grigg V. Duke case and many other cases, the racial affirmative action has allowed new formations of laws and rights for many who have been discriminated against. In Whitewashing Race by Michael Brown in chapter five, the Civil Rights contributed greatly to the progression of employment discrimination law. He covers criticism from conservatives upon employment discrimination, employment requirements, and court filing. Ever since the book has been published he number of unsolved EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) court cases, and wage gaps between minorities, specific blacks, latinos and women persists, …show more content…
The EEOC manages compliance provisions for employment discrimination. All employees have a “right to sue” if they have won a “Reasonable Cause” judgment from the EEOC. Settlements resolutions rates seem to fluctuate. From a success rate of a low 7.3 percent in 1998 rose to 17.4 percent of the resolutions in 2007 before slipping to 13.8 percent in 2010 (O’Neill & O’Neill). It is falsely interpreting the amount of EEOC cases that are reach court. To put it more into perspective, over the period of 1992 to 2009, the number of chargers filed averaged at 2,550 and about 230 cases are brought to the court each year (O’Neill & O’Neill, 2012). This leaves 1,840 cases-- 63 percent that are …show more content…
Women and African Americans working in state and local government has translated into higher rates of job loss for both groups in these sectors (Cooper, 2012). However looking at more recent data displays that women are making progress in having a job in the public sectors while, African Americans makes little progress . Looking at table 8.2, women are increasing their employment gradually in their State by 4 percent. As for African American they continue to remain relatively the same in working for the states and even a decline in participating in the local government. Latino are have the smallest percentage of workers in state government jobs, but their involvement is continually increasing from 7.6 percent to 11.6 percent from 1995-2011. The lowest ethnic group holding a position state and local government are the Asian ethnic
From the Civil Rights Act, the Green VS. County School Board and the Grigg V. Duke case and many other cases, the racial affirmative action has allowed new formations of laws and rights for many who have been discriminated against. In Whitewashing Race by Michael Brown in chapter five, the Civil Rights contributed greatly to the progression of employment discrimination law. He covers criticism from conservatives upon employment discrimination, employment requirements, and court filing. Ever since the book has been published he number of unsolved EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) court cases, and wage gaps between minorities, specific blacks, latinos and women persists, …show more content…
The EEOC manages compliance provisions for employment discrimination. All employees have a “right to sue” if they have won a “Reasonable Cause” judgment from the EEOC. Settlements resolutions rates seem to fluctuate. From a success rate of a low 7.3 percent in 1998 rose to 17.4 percent of the resolutions in 2007 before slipping to 13.8 percent in 2010 (O’Neill & O’Neill). It is falsely interpreting the amount of EEOC cases that are reach court. To put it more into perspective, over the period of 1992 to 2009, the number of chargers filed averaged at 2,550 and about 230 cases are brought to the court each year (O’Neill & O’Neill, 2012). This leaves 1,840 cases-- 63 percent that are …show more content…
Women and African Americans working in state and local government has translated into higher rates of job loss for both groups in these sectors (Cooper, 2012). However looking at more recent data displays that women are making progress in having a job in the public sectors while, African Americans makes little progress . Looking at table 8.2, women are increasing their employment gradually in their State by 4 percent. As for African American they continue to remain relatively the same in working for the states and even a decline in participating in the local government. Latino are have the smallest percentage of workers in state government jobs, but their involvement is continually increasing from 7.6 percent to 11.6 percent from 1995-2011. The lowest ethnic group holding a position state and local government are the Asian ethnic