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Female attorneys employed by Farmers Insurance Co. filed suit alleging that the company paid them less than the male attorneys employed by the company. The pay discrimination class action group reached a $4.1 million deal with the insurance company in California federal court. The settlement amount is to be split amongst 300 women who either are or were employed by Farmers as attorneys working as claims litigators throughout the past 4-5 years. The agreement requires that Farmers Insurance Co.…

The definition of the term civil-rights is “the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. During the mid 1950’s, African American citizens were being denied their civil rights and refused to be given the same treatment as white citizens. Racial inequality has been an issue ever since the 1800s. With nothing being done to prevent racial segregation, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped in and decided that the civil rights of African Americans would not be denied any longer.…

Question 1 The Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (1964) has declared that all employers with a population of at least 15 employees and whose “business conduct” affects commerce, must maintain a workplace that is free from discrimination. The act outlaws all forms of discrimination which includes discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion or country of origin. In response, organizations have strived to reduce racial discrimination, of which age discrimination is a subtype (Hirsh &…

Martin Luther king Jr. was a good man when the world noticed him. There were many experiences he had as a child that were key events in shaping his personality. In this essay I will tell you about those experiences and what they did to prepare him for his challenges and obsticals to come. In the story Martin Luther king Jr. or M.L. goes to the north to work for a summer. He says that the white people there are "really nice." He was quite disappointed when he returned to the south where…

Chavez was born into a society where injustice reigned and equal rights were not available throughout his early life (Foner, Garraty, 1993. He was subject to racism and bullying in his school years and was forced to become a migrant worker after grade eight due to his father death (Foner, Garraty, 1993). After serving in the army for two years, he married and moved to Delano, where he would eventually…

When rights collide? The rights that are linked together but are very vital to know the difference between the two are civil rights and civil liberties. The way they are used distinctively is essentially how they are defined. In the book Civil Rights by An Act, it states that civil right is when the government takes a multitude of measurements to ensure we are enabling discrimination and making sure we are providing equal opportunity for everyone in America. (Act) This is mainly concerning the…

Since the political revolutions of the eighteenth century, social and political thinkers have challenged sound justifications for inequalities based on sex, race, and ethnicity. However, disability has predominantly been absent from that effort, despite its notability in debates over equality. In renowned debates of the 19th century and early 20th centuries, such as African American freedom and immigration restriction, disability played a substantial role. Advocates of racial inequality and…

Raising awareness for black civil rights campaign was huge at this time, however the reason I chose to write a report of this particular protest was the pure reason of how 1.In this report I willl cover the Greensboro sit-in this will included the causes of such an event and the effects…

Mezey, 2009). It included stopping the discrimination against disabled people on the basis of education, employment, transportation, public events, and access to state and local governments programs and services. The first major civil rights law passed since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the ADA was estimated to affect the lives of 43 million Americans at the time of its passage “(Mezey, 2009). This act made Americans view disabled people very differently and helped those…

lose many of the civil rights that are given to citizens without a record. Annulling these civil rights increase the opportunity of recidivism, dehumanizes the former offenders and overall damages the treatment process. Miller & Spillane, (2012). There are over five million U.S. citizens involved in some kind of correctional program…