Know Your Rights: Ethnicity, Race, And National Origin-Based Discrimination
If any individual or a company intentionally treats you differently apparently based on your national origin, race, or ethnicity it is illegal. The forms of discrimination vary, some are outright visible and some of the discriminatory practices are relatively subtler.
At times the blanket policies adopted by organizations can also amount to disparate discrimination.
What are your rights in such a case?
Local laws, as well as the State, may provide you with protection against any such sorts of discrimination on basis of race, national origin, and ethnicity as well. A seasoned criminal defense lawyer can give you the best advice in such a sticky situation.
The Constitution explicitly mentions and prevents so, from the government meting out worse treatment to you solely based on your ethnicity, national origin as well as race.
Federal anti-discriminatory laws in place ensure that discrimination in credit, employment, and public accommodations, such as movie theatres, restaurants as well as parks.
It is also to be noted that you cannot be denied a service open to the public, like a job, or home, solely based on the criteria mentioned above.
What are the remedies available?
To make your case strong you can gather all the documents available to you that can help support your claim, i.e emails, forms, and asking for someone to be an eyewitness can be of great help to you.
You might as well, figure out in advance which government agency is the designated one to look into such matters relating to the criminal justice system as things get confusing sometimes.
You may also consider filing a lawsuit in a state or a federal court if things go out of hand in case of discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, and national origin.
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