O Bannon V. Friedman's Jewelry Case Analysis

In the world today discriminations is nothing that is unusual and it comes in many shapes, sizes and form. For years African-American were discriminate against by whites and were not allowed to use the same restrooms, drink out of the same water fountains as well as ride in the front of the bus with them. Furthermore, when it came to getting jobs they were denied jobs because of their color. Yet it did not keep blacks from trying to become better people as well as get the jobs they felt that they deserved. Unfortunately, in today’s society this is still going on and it is no longer African-American who are being discriminate against but in fact it’s the Mexican-American who are now receiving this discrimination.
Society has now turned its …show more content…
Friedman’s Jewelry which is a large jewelry store chain and it was a class action race discrimination case (gbdhlegal.com, n.d). The case was about three African-American and one white who alleged that Friedman’s discriminatorily denied hiring to African-American for store associates and store manager jobs. They also claimed that African-American were denied higher level of management jobs and paid African-American less than similar qualified white employees in the same job. The two parties reached an agreement including comprehensive injunctive relief and significant monetary relief for the class. Unfortunately, the plaintiffs did not collect because Friedman’s entered bankruptcy proceedings and they had to re-negotiate the amount the plaintiffs and class members would receive which was a smaller amount than the first one because they went into bankruptcy in order to not have to pay the full amount. Therefore, that was their way of still keeping from paying the people their …show more content…
City of Chicago which is Title VII (gender discrimination) law suit that is still pending federal court in Chicago (gbdhlegal.com, n.d). This case was brought on because five licensed paramedics were denied employment as paramedics in the Chicago Fire Department because they did not pass an old fashioned physical abilities test that had recently been instituted. This test pass rate for male far exceeded the pass rate for females which seriously reduced the number of women hired into the department despite the facts that they had already been working for private or other cities ambulance companies. Unfortunately, this case is still being heard in courts but it shows that discrimination still exists