Landmark Racial Discrimination Cases - Their Effects On Employment

America has made a lot of progress in technology andAbercrombie and Fitch were guilty of racial
social awareness. However, it is still backward in thediscrimination. The retail chain had to pay $40 million as
area of achieving abercrombie and fitch equality ofdamages to the offended party. Abercrombie and
race, gender, and class. Unfortunately, discriminationFitch are now on a consent decree to hire a variety of
and prejudice stemming from the belief that one nationpeople such as African Americans, Asians, Latinos,
or race is better than the other is very much present inand also women.
America, especially at the workplace, a place ofThese landmark racial discrimination cases can raise
utmost importance to millions of Americans.the awareness of people and encourage them to
Certain landmark cases related to racial discriminationwork toward a society that is free from all
have led to an increase in awareness amongdiscrimination on the basis of color and race. One of
American citizens. Due to certain brave people whothe positive outcomes of these landmark racial
battled for equal rights and opportunities, the patriarchaldiscrimination cases could be a more diverse
point of view that only white men are the leaders inworkforce in America's leading companies. But the
economy and industry and superiors in ability andquestion remains abercrombie oulet as to how far it
intellect is fast losing popularity.will be successful in eradicating thoughts of
The case of Walgreens employees versus theirdiscrimination against people because of race, color,
employers is an example of a landmark racialand gender.
discrimination case. The US Equal EmploymentWhile some employers are delighted that such cases
Opportunity Commission discovered that Walgreensmight bring about equality of the races, others feel that
had been discriminating against African Americans bybeing forced to employ people irrespective of race,
denying abercrombie them promotions and also bycolor, and gender might lead to more resentment
assigning them to low-performing stores in Africanamong the various classes.
American localities. Since this constituted violation ofWhatever their immediate results, these landmark
Title VII of the Civil Rights Code, Walgreens had toracial discrimination cases have definitely enhanced
make a settlement of $20 million.diversity at the workplace as well as awareness
In April 2005, Judge Susan Ellston of the US Districtabout the adverse effects of racial discrimination.
Court for the northern District of California ruled that