Julian Primus

ENG 102
1/29/16
Professor McDonald
Racial Discrimination
I am not a little bit of many things; but I am the sufficient representation of many things.
I am not an incompletion of all these races; but I am a masterpiece of the prolific. I am an
entirety, I am not a lack of anything; rather I am a whole of many things. God did not see it
needful to make me generic. He thinks I am better than that. (C.) Racial discrimination is the
prejudice practice of an individuals race or skin color unfairly becoming a factor when deciding
who gets in trouble, arrested, pulled over by law enforcement officials, receives a job, promotion,
or other employment benefit. It most often affects minority individuals (such as African
Americans, Latinos, Hispanics, etc.), who feel that they have been unfairly discriminated against
in favor of a Caucasian (or white) individual.
I can relate with fully because I can relate to this topic a lot because my hometown still witnesses
racial discrimination. The Confederate battle flag, a powerful symbol of slavery and the Old
South that has roiled emotions in South Carolina for decades, was removed from the Statehouse
grounds in Columbia, South Carolina in June at a brief ceremony. This flag symbolized the
hidden racial segregation between whites and black in the south. Many white and African
American protesters came out to support the cause. However, several white supremacist groups
went to protester as well, which stirred up the crowd. Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson was in
South Carolina to witness the Confederate flag being lowered for the final time. While he
believes it is a victory for the state and nation, he also commented there is still work to be done.

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We find that racial discrimination is found heavily in the workplace. Racial discrimination in the
workplace can reveal its ugly head in a variety of forms, which can be overt or obvious.
However, racial discrimination can often be under the table and more difficult to detect, such
as an employer's failure to hire or promote an individual because of their race. In addition, racial
discrimination in the workplace is severely prohibited by several federal and state laws. The law
forbids discrimination when it comes to any aspect of employment, whether in regards to hiring,
firing, pay, job assignments, promotions, layoff, training, fringe benefits, and any other term or
condition that concerns employment. An employment policy or practice that applies to everyone,
regardless of race or color, can also be illegal if it has a negative impact on the employment of
people of a specific race or color and is not job-related or necessary to the operation of the
business. For example, a "no-beard" employment policy that applies to all workers without
regard to race may still count as unlawful if it is not job-related and has a negative impact on the
employment of the employees. However, if one has a problem with an employer or a customer
he/she should file a report to the higher authority because being called racial names does not
justify slapping a customer. For example, a white customer who was suspected to be shoplifting
was quickly escorted to a security area for intense questioning. The customers white friend then
barged into the area, cursing at the store employees, one of whom was African American. She
used the N-word toward this particular store employee. The employee reacted by slapping the
verbally abusive customer in the face. The police were called and both customers ended up
getting arrested. The store then fired the employee for slapping the customer because the
employee was in violation of its no-violence policy and no-physical-contact-with-customers

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policy. The fired employee filed a Title VII race-discrimination case, accusing the store of
promoting a racially hostile environment and allowing hateful speech by firing the victim of
harassment. The court ruled in favor of the store. The customers behavior was clearly harassing,
disrespectful, and inappropriate. However, the store took immediate action to have the police
remove the offender from the premises. The company already had preset policies on how to deal
with customers for these situations and how to take care complaints without escalating certain
situations. Slapping a customer was completely against policy and not permitted by a verbal
situation. The employees escalation to the physical level was unwarranted and justified as
discharge in the Lee v. Kmart Corp. case.
In todays society racial discrimination mainly focuses on the African American community, but
it was generalized with all ethnicities even whites because there have been recent cases where
whites have spoken out and said that reverse discrimination has occurred, which means that the
minority received unfair, favorable treatment at the expense of the white individual. However,
the controversy surrounding this issue is the question of does it still happen and exist, which
the answer to that is yes. And yes people would agree because the higher powers will say that it
is extinct, but the people know it isnt. This issue is extremely important because its been
hindering some from jobs or being successful in life. Yes everyone, would agree that this is an
important issue. Individuals can start protest groups or organization, but there is very little that
they can do because open racism has been abolished since the 1950s. However, if there is a
certain situation where there is racial discrimination, then you may take action. As primary
research I conducted a survey, in which several individuals that believe that racial discrimination

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still exist in the community, but doesnt have a correlation to crime in the black community. The
data also shows that the majority feels that it will end someday, but the question is when?. The
answer to that simple, but important question is, now.

Works Cited
C., C. JoyBell. Good Reads. 4 January 2014. Document. 22 March 2016.

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Cary, Nathaniel. South Carolina takes down Confederate flag. 1 July 2015. Document. 22 March
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DiversityInc. Racial Discrimination: Black Employee Fired After Being Called the N-Word. 15
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Bibliography
C., C. JoyBell. Good Reads. 4 January 2014. Document. 22 March 2016.

Julian Primus
ENG 102
1/29/16
Professor McDonald
Cary, Nathaniel. South Carolina takes down Confederate flag. 1 July 2015. Document. 22 March
2016.
DiversityInc. Racial Discrimination: Black Employee Fired After Being Called the N-Word. 15
August 2012. Document. 22 March 2016.
Employment, U.S. Equal. Race/Color Discrimination. 11 February 2012. Document. 22 March
2014.
John Mahoney, EEO Lawyer. Racial Discrimination. 15 January 2016. Document. 22 March
2016.
Law, Find. Racial Discrimination. 2 February 2016. Document. 22 March 2016.
. Racial Disrimination in the Workplace. 2 February 2016. Document. 22 March 2016.
Observer. Spotlight on Research: Is Racism on the Decline in America? 2 May 2015. Document.
22 March 2016.
Survey Monkey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Preview/?
sm=DiOmfMZudx6V5ItuUMhb_2B3eBA7651BBY_2B0hyc2Y0l2A_3D