| Human Rights Quote (72): Gender Discrimination | | 2008-07-07 03:42:13 | | The inequality of the sexes has deprived society of a vast pool of talent. If women had the free use of their faculties along with the same prizes and encouragements as men, there would be a doubling of the mass of mental faculties available for the higher service of humanity. Every restraint on freedom of [...] | | By: PAP Blog | | |
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| Selective Hiring Isn’t Discrimination | | 2008-07-02 11:59:23 | | Classical Values, a regular read of mine, posted an excellent piece about a salon owner who’s been sued for failing to hire a burqa-wearing applicant.
Values sums it up well:
The owner here was placed in a classic damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t position. Had she hired this whining, covered woman, and had her trendy urban hipster customers felt [...] | | By: Indian Cowboy | | |
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| Human Rights Facts (42): Discrimination | | 2008-07-02 06:06:34 | | I’ve written before on discrimination, especially gender discrimination (also here) and discrimination based on sexual orientation. This post tackles the subject more generally.
Discrimination, in its non-political and non-legal sense, simply means the recognition of differences. In the political and legal sense, it means unjustifiable differences in treatment between groups of people, most often the unjustifiable [...] | | By: PAP Blog | | |
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| Sticking It To The Man: Fighting Back Against Employment Discrimination | | 2008-06-24 00:00:00 | | If you or someone you know has ever experienced illegal employment discrimination you know how intimidating it can be to fight for your rights. It’s easier to either accept the situation or find a new job than to demand justice. Houston employment attorneys will help you fight that battle and ensure that circumstances improve in [...] | | By: Resources Zone | | |
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| iGate to Pay $45,000 in Civil Penalties to Settle Discrimination Claim | | 2008-06-20 05:48:20 | | http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/May/08_crt_369.html <?xml:namespace prefix = o /> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced that iGate Mastech Inc. (iGate), a Pittsburgh computer consulting company, has agreed to pay $45,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations that iGate discriminated against United States citizens in its employment practices. The | | By: Partha On Immigration | | |
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| LA Times Accuses Apple of Sexual Discrimination | | 2008-06-19 10:53:43 | | LA Times staffer Michelle Quinn has a bone to pick with the iPhone — or would if her fingernails didn’t keep getting in the way. Therein lies her grief: The iPhone is just not fingernail-friendly, which poses a problem for women (and I suppose certain men, come to that) with long fingernails can’t properly [...] | | By: Touch Podium | | |
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| Maybe Not Disability Discrimination | | 2008-05-16 12:50:00 | | We ran a post last week about disability discrimination involving a school inclusion choir. It is interesting how people watching the same event can see many different things.We have heard from some folks this week who don't think that there was any discrimination at this event. They tell us that there were two choirs, one for grades 6 to 9 and one for grades 10-12, and that the vest was the uniform for one age group- not the uniform for nondisbaled peers. They also say that one whole choir sat down for the second song, not just the kids with disabilities. Moreover, they assert that many of the kids in both choirs had disabilities that may not be visible, such as LD or hearing impairment, so that it would be impossible to visually identify them. I'm not sure I understand why one choir had to sit down during a performance, but this explanation would negate any discrimination. If there was no discrimination, I apologize for calling it such. Obviously, if I didn't miss discriminatio | | By: Special education Law | | |
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| State Insurance Tax Discrimination Case Won't Be Reheard | | 2008-05-14 23:00:00 | | We received word yesterday that the South Dakota Supreme Court has declined to rehear the Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Kinsman insurance tax discrimination case; the Tax Foundation had filed an amicus brief in support of the petition for rehearing. South Dakota is one of 8 remaining states that seek to protect their domestic insurance companies by imposing heavier taxes on out-of-state companies that do business in the state. The result is effective discrimination against out-of-state companies, which violates the Equal Protection Clause, as the trial judge concluded. The issue raised by the Kinsman case implicates states with similar discriminatory insurance tax systems. It is most relevant for states with similar statutes: Colorado, Hawaii, and Nevada, where domestic companies also automatically qualify for a lower rate but out-of-state companies have to clear additional burdens and often fail to do so. Louisiana and Mississippi condition the lower rate on investing 25% of the comp | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
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| Discrimination et droits de propriété | | 2008-05-03 15:09:00 | | Mon bon ami Martin Masse du Québécois Libre (un webzine mensuel libertarien) parle sur son blog de la «discrimination» qui se produit lorsqu'un bar (ou restaurant) refuse d'admettre une clientèle d'un certain sexe dans son établissement. En fait, il mentionne le cas d'Audrey Vachon qui avait été expulsé du bar Le Stud à Montréal parce qu'elle était une femme et que cet établissement était un ... bar gai!Le 29 avril, la Commission des Droits et Libertés a déclaré que «tous les | | By: Vincent Geloso: 100% libéralisé | | |
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| Mon droit, c'est de rire de vous! Sans discrimination! | | 2008-03-29 10:22:00 | | Salman Rushdie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Christopher Hitchens, Theo Van Gogh, Christoffer Zieler et Lars Vilks en sont tous victimes. Mais de quoi puis-je bien parler? Je parle des dénonciations religieuses contre ces hommes et ces femmes qui ont osés critiquer l'Islam soit par la publication d'un livre (Satanic Verses pour Salman Rushdie en 1988 qui a été l'objet d'une fatwa) ou d'un film comme c'est le cas pour feu Theo Van Gogh (assassiné à Amsterdam) et Geert Wilders (le plus récent). Ayaan | | By: Vincent Geloso: 100% libéralisé | | |
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| White Rapper Files Racial Discrimination Lawsuit | | 2008-03-28 20:02:00 | | CWT - Atlanta. Cats With Thumbs sources inside the Dekalb County, Georgia courthouse report white rap artist " Snack-Cracker " will file a civil lawsuit early next week claiming racial discrimination and violation of his civil rights. CWT's contacts say the suit will name KillEveryBodyNow Productions L.L.C. and company chairman Thomas Wilson as defendants.According to Cats With Thumbs insiders, the suit will charge KillEveryBodyNow Productions and chairman Wilson with "conspiring to deny the plaintiff (Snack-Cracker) his constitutional right to equal consideration for employment," and "exclusion of Mr. Cracker from contract consideration based on the plaintiff's Caucasian race."In a telephone interview, Snack told our Cats With Thumbs Atlanta reporter: "The rap majority is always tryin' to keep the white man down. Seen Eminem around lately? It's a conspiracy - I can rap, I just ain't black."A KillEveryBodyNow Productions spokesperson responded to "Snack Cracker's" allegations at a sit | | By: Cats With Thumbs | | |
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| Discrimination in California is Obvious | | 2008-03-26 08:00:06 | | Hello Sacramento Real Estate!
Take a look at the map to the left.
What do you see that might indicate a tad bit of discrimination?
Do you happen to see all the RED in California?
It seems that the companies who insure loans are doing a bit of what I call REDLINING!
This happens to be a practice that is [...] | | By: Sacramento Real Estate Voice | | |
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| Mar 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | | 2008-03-21 13:37:00 | | SAY NO TO RACISMThe International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid "pass laws". Proclaiming the Day in 1966, the General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination (resolution 2142 (XXI)).
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| Black Dog Discrimination | | 2008-03-06 00:35:52 | | My Puppies
No, I’m not talking about the Led Zeppelin song. Actual black dogs.
There’s a phenomenon in the animal shelter / humane society biz called “Black Dog Syndrome” where the black (and usually larger) varieties are often overlooked by potential adopters. It’s kinda sad.
So, as an owner of a spectacular black Great Dane, I’m [...] | | By: TubaPants | | |
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| stop the discrimination against the Egyptian Christians, the Copts | a reminder from Prophet Muhammad's charter of privileges to Christians | | 2007-11-14 10:16:32 | | Few days back i received an email from the Arab Writers Group Syndicate calling attention to the discrimination and violation of human rights by the Egyptian officials against the native Egyptian Christian community, also known as the Copts. Its totally unacceptable and also against the ethics of Islam. It must be noted that this problem is from corrupted political system, degradation of moral ethics and human value which we find so often in our troubled time.. Egyptian Christians: Strangers in their Native Land!The Copts, Egypt’s indigenous, pre-Arab, pre-Islamic Christians, are a native ethno-religious group of Egypt. Egyptian Christians trace their ancestry to the indigenous Pharaonic-era population of Egypt, converted to Christianity by St. Mark, one of Christ’s earliest disciples. Today Copts number approximately seven to twelve million people and constitute between 10% and 15% of the Egyptian population, making them the largest indigenous Christian community in both Africa a | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
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| Ledbetter v. Goodyear--Sex Discrimination Laws Only Help Psychics | | 2007-08-06 00:13:19 | | The Supreme Court handed down so many bad decisions this term that the really terrible rulings obscured several decisions of the "bad, but not extraordinarily bad" variety. Among that neglected catagory was Ledbetter v. Goodyear.
Here's the story: the petitioner, Ledbetter, worked for Goodyear for 19 years. After all that time, she discovered that the company was paying her less than her male | | By: Poli-Think | | |
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| Human Rights and Discrimination Link Carnival | | 2007-07-24 13:22:09 | | This is a regular post where I maintain the best human rights and discrimination links.
Every few days I collect the top 10 breaking community and culture stories and best blog posts from across the interweb and present them here, to you, in one handy bite size piece [...] | | By: Robs Place | | |
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| A Time For Discrimination | | 2007-05-04 19:00:00 | | ט"×– ב×ייר תשס"×–Hospitality is an ethic of both Celtic and Jewish culture. Similarly, both cultures have built within their systems times when showing hospitality to strangers is to be avoided. Within Judaism, this time of discrimination where hospitality is not advised is during the Pesach seder. Within Celtic witchcraft, this time of discrimination is during Beltane (Beltaine, Beltaen, Calan Mai-Welsh).From Kehillas Torah:“This is the decree of the Pesach-Offering; no ben neichar (gentile) shall eat of it, …no uncircumcised male may eat of it.†(Exodus 12:43,48)Every year, the Pesach-Offering (korban pesach) was brought in the Bais Hamikdash (Holy Temple); just as it was that very first Pesach when the Jews actually left Egypt; and was distributed to be eaten by the Jewish people. The korban pesach was not to be served to a non-Jew.From Celtic Well:Avoidance of strangers and refusal of requests to share from neighbors were a hallmark of Bealtaine. Although the Celtic | | By: Walking On Fire | | |
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| Shameless Discrimination Drives Witches From Town | | 2007-04-25 20:16:00 | | ז' באייר תשס"זAn observation in follow up to my previous post, Local Churches Rallied Against Witch School - what is striking about the entire matter is just how shamelessly the opposition to Witch School drives witches out of town. Reading statements reported in the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, where the statements are no doubt the tip of an iceberg, it is clear that the Witch School opposition itself has no significant opposition to check its active discriminatory bias against witches and by extension, against those it deems religiously unworthy by a particular Christian definition to exist or flourish within the community. As one resident, Kendra Smiley (author, speaker and member of the East Lynn United Methodist Church) puts it so bluntly:"It's not the kind of influence we want in our community."Clearly, not only does the community not want witches in its community, it also feels clearly no shame in telling us that.None of this is new to me as a resident of this rura | | By: Walking On Fire | | |
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| Unemployment Discrimination | | 2007-04-02 22:32:00 | | ×™"ד ×‘× ×™×¡×Ÿ תשס"×–Well, I just received notice that my claim for an unemployment benefit has been denied on the basis that the nursing facility I formerly worked for told the unemployment adjudicator that I wasn't looking for full time employment, despite the fact that I applied for several full time positions with the facility. Each time the facility chose not to hire me for those full time positions to which I applied. Despite that I reiterated this fact to the unemployment adjudicator, he chose to believe the lie over the truth.Harrassment and discrimination. Now, not only am I a victim of pervasive employment discrimination but I am a victim of unemployment discrimination as well. Of course, this is not the first time a nursing facility has protested my unemployment benefit following firing me for religious-related reasons. The first "protestor" of unemployment benefits fired me for refusing to work on Shavuot. It never ends.Goddess help me! Keep me from utterly and bitter | | By: Walking On Fire | | |
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| Employment Discrimination Lawyers and Lawsuit | | 2006-05-25 17:14:49 | | It would appear that we have too many rules, quotas and discrimination lawsuits in American Business. Indeed in the end this hurts us all. A businessperson should be able to hire whomever they wish without any rule of law compelling them in their emplo.. | | By: Legal Law Resources | | |
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