She gained attention when she won a case against five right wing politicians1 enacting a Guatemalan law against racial discrimination.
The Australian, who won the silver medal in the 200 meters, wore a human rights badge in support of the two Americans who were protesting against racial discrimination.
The International Black Awareness Day will be celebrated on 20 November in the light of this telling reflection, as a national level achievement against racial discrimination by the Unified Black Movement.
Under international law, countries including the United States that use race, color, ethnicity, religion or nationality as a proxy for criminal suspicion are in violation of international standards against racial discrimination and multiple treaties to which the U.S. is a party.
The New York fire department has for years been defending against a racial discrimination lawsuit.
In addition, 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the Declaration against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and related Intolerance, adopted in 2001 in Durban, South Africa.
For example, racial discrimination against an applicant for a bank loan is illegal.
The draft declaration that prompted the walkout by the U.S. and Israel talked of "practices of racial discrimination against the Palestinians as well as other inhabitants of the Arab occupied territories" by Israel.
The text of the senate proposal would make it illegal to discriminate against gays, equating it to racial discrimination.
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According to the complaint, the sheriff's office has displayed a pattern of discrimination against Latinos that includes racial profiling, unlawful detention and searches, and unlawful targeting of Latinos during raids.
He claimed this had created a two-tier system with some employees who were facing dismissal threatening to make claims against their employer based on gender or racial discrimination to win a larger payout.
And while there can be legal consequences with sexual or racial harassment or discrimination, there is no legal protection against bullying at work.
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