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Discrimination in Hiring and in the Workplace Recently, the Fort Lauderdale NAACP uncovered and publicized the trend of racial discrimination we discovered in hiring and advancement practices of on the part of key officials for the city of Fort Lauderdale. The NAACP has called for the dismissal of the officials guilty of implementing and enforcing such "unwritten" discriminatory policies. Visit our News Page for additional details.
Here it is, the 21st century and we still face remnants of job discrimination that have their roots in issues dating back to the 17th century or earlier. In reality, racial prejudice in the hiring is usually easily weeded out and documented. Eventually someone files a complaint, and an agent of the EEOC is sent in "undercover" to explore the company's hiring practices. The individuals thus mistreated also have the option of filing a suit for damages in civil court. Discrimination in the workplace is somewhat more insidious and complicated. Often, the signs of racial prejudice are subtle, while in rare cases the violators have acted with foolish impunity. In these cases, the person who is offended by the prejudicial behavior exhibited towards them is supposed to report in detail each such event to the appropriate supervisor. This often puts an employee at odds with his or her co-workers, so the inclination to "let it slide" is a powerful one. It's much the same dynamic that women who've been sexually harassed on the job encounter. Therefore, we believe that racial prejudice in the workplace is an issue that is definitely under reported, again much like sexual harassment. For every reported incident, experts predict that as many as ten to twenty five incidents occur that are simply not reported. So part of our role, as the local NAACP, is to develop systems and mechanisms to assist those who've been the victims of racism in the workplace, so they can report such incidents without fear of reprisal or of stalling their career for simply asking that one's legal & human rights be respected.
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