Video: “Rape in the Fields” in retrospective. Frontline, Univision, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley, and the Center for Investigative Reporting partnered a year long investigation, to tell “the story of the hidden price many migrant women working in America’s fields and packing plants pay to stay employed and provide for their families”. Their collaboration resulted on the hour-long documentary “Rape in the Fields” that aired June 25, 2013. The video shines a light one the…
Affirmative Action should be steps to overcome segregation like this. Minorities’ feel as if they are no equal to getting a job or going to an Ivy League university to the majority because of certain stereotypes. Even though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned job discrimination, it still seems as if minorities have to prove themselves to be just like or even better than the majority now a days. In conclusion, equality of opportunity, equality of condition, equality of result, de jure and de…
What is Sexual Harassment? Sexual harassment is a type of sex separation that abuses Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII applies to businesses with 15 or more representatives, including state and neighborhood governments. It likewise applies to livelihood offices and to work associations, and additionally to the government. Unwelcome sexual advances, demands for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this…
The Huffington Post states that one in three women have experienced workplace sexual harassment, whereas only one in ten men have. Though the government has had laws protecting workers in these situations since 1964, this problem has always existed in America. According to the government’s White House website, in January 2015, President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and the White House Council on Women and Girls created a task force based on combating sexual…
Thomas Jefferson stated, “That government is best which governs the least...” The Progressive movement theorist may not have agreed with Jefferson on that contention. The Progressive movement was a concern with reform. Which reforms? Short answer all of them; Progressive’s championed women’s suffrage, racial equality, worker rights, corporate greed, and political corruption. Progressives call for active governmental intervention to establish laws, ordinances and policies as corrective measures.…
In 1964, Congress and President Johnson addressed the rampant discrimination that was occurring in the workplace against African-Americans as well as other people of color by passing the Civil Rights Act. In addition to addressing discrimination based on color, they also addressed other forms of workplace discrimination that had historically been a problem. Title VII of the act applies to employers who employee 15 or more employees and prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on race,…
Impact on Civil Rights Movement The decision from the Brown v. Board of Education case advanced racial integration first in education, and eventually in public spaces, housing, and transportation. Brown tried to address past inequalities, promoted equal opportunities in public education, and extend equal protections of law for racial minorities. As a result, Brown became known for more than an education policy case. Brown v. Board of Education paved the way for future congressional legislation…
Introduction We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, “You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful, otherwise you would threaten the man. If you are the bread winner in your relationship with a man, you have to pretend that you’re not. Especially in public. Otherwise you will emasculate him -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (TED | We Should All Be Feminists). This quote describes one of the biggest problem…
Women have been greatly involved in the workforce since World War II, though they have always played a small part in the workforce prior to that. During the Industrial Revolution, women mainly stayed at home, to watch the children and take care of the home, but were allowed to be employed because they could be paid less – something that still occurs to this day. Women in this day were also known to not be involved in much agricultural or farm work, thus making them more available to work in…
Due to the facts found by Mr. Robinson and the hearing outcome, he ordered that Mr. Sterne be restore to his original position and rank, and be compensated for any back pay and benefits that he had lost since his demotion. Additionally, Robinson found that there was irregularities with how the discipline was handed out and there was no due process and progressive discipline before demotion and loss of pay, thus Sterne was discriminated against an was due his return to his past position with…