Wet Seal has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a class action discrimination case that originated when three African-American store workers from Delaware County filed a complaint last year claiming Wet Seal, Inc. fired them because they didn’t fit the store’s image. Of that total amount, $5.58 million will go to current and former managers…
Last week, a bill introduced in Washington state would allow people to use their “sincerely held religious beliefs” to justify discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation. Washington State activist, Jay Castro called state senator Mike Hewitt’s (R-Walla Walla) office to ask about Senator Hewitt’s co-sponsorship of SB 5927. During the phone call, Castro said he asked staffers…
A Columbus, Ohio high school Physical Education teacher is out of a job because of information in her mother’s obituary. When Carla Hale’s mother died, the obituary included the name of Hale’s same-sex partner, Julie. An anonymous parent got wind of this information and wrote to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus, appalled that Hale had…
It’s a legal victory for one lesbian couple from Southern California. A judge has ruled in favor of the couple and stated that a Hawaii bed and breakfast violated the law when the two women were denied a room because of their sexual orientation. The Hawaii First Circuit Court judge ruled in favor of…
For several years, I’ve flown Us Airways as a non-revenue passenger because my aunt is a flight attendant. Before each flight, she always reminded me about the dress code that employees must adhere to when they’re flying as passengers, which is a business casual attire. This same business casual attire also applied to whomever is…
Last year 13 New York City park employees filed a lawsuit after being transferred out of Battery City Park, which came months after escalating tensions between the mostly minority agents and some residents — and were replaced with white and light-skinned staffers. The workers also complained of racist graffiti in Battery Park City that was…
James Brown once sung about the world being a “Man’s World”, but if you’re looking to get a mortgage loan, you need to be a white man to actually get approved. A recent study by the Woodstock Institute shows that white men are at an advantage when it comes to securing mortgage loans. The study…
My first exposure to a transgender person was in high school. I was in 9th grade and Danielle was in 11th. Although from outwards appearances you’d assume Danielle was a girl, in all actuality, she was born a boy. I can’t recall any harassment that she encountered, but I do recall during our mandatory swimming…
The natural hair movement among African Americans has experienced resurgence, as evidenced by the many YouTube videos, blogs, and products created to aid in grooming unprocessed hair, or what is at times called nappy or virgin hair. Natural hair has been constructed as radical, extreme, and unkempt, despite the fact that a natural hairstyle simply means…
