A new book, Documenting Desegregation, makes the case that American workplaces are becoming increasingly more segregated, rather than integrated since the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This challenge to the idea of a post-racial America is based on research gathered from five million private sector employers and EEOC statistics dating as far as back as 1996.
The book authors argue, that although the overall American workforce is more diverse, the racial diversity within individual occupations and work sectors has become resegregated.
While you may find white men working with black women and white women, you will not tend to find black men working with white men. This resegregation trend is reflected in industries like transportation services, motion pictures, construction, and securities and commodities brokerages. The work sectors that continue to reflect a diverse workforce are professional jobs where workers need specific academic credentials for hiring and promotions. The Washington Post has more about this trend towards desegregation.
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Shira Hedgepeth, a white woman who served as the director of academic technology at Winston-Salem State University, is claiming that she was fired from the HBCU because of her race. More specifically, Hedgepeth is alleging that the North Carolina university administrators fired her a few months ago because she is white. She had worked there for about four years and was promoted in 2010. She says her performance was above satisfactory and she never received complaints from supervisors.
Hedgepeth said she saw the University terminate white employees for no reason and then regularly fill those positions with minorities. She says this took place over a period of time.
Hedgepeth filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission two days after she was terminated. Now, the EEOC agrees with her claims. Read more here.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is targeting companies that discriminate against pregnant employees. Among its recent actions include lawsuits against Quest Intelligence Group, Bayou Wings, J's Seafood of Panama City, Chemcore, and Muskegon River Youth Home. In addition, Senator Jean Shaheen (D-NH) and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) recently introduced the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Read more about the fight to protect pregnant women's right to work here.
A new book, Documenting Desegregation, makes the case that American workplaces are becoming increasingly more segregated, rather than integrated since the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This challenge to the idea of a post-racial America is based on research gathered from five million private sector employers and EEOC statistics dating as far as back as 1996.
