Legal Developments-Race Discrimination Still Challenges U.S. Employers; Upcoming Workplace-Related Legislation

摘要

Cases of racial harassment filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) increased 24 percent in 2007, a year of racial turmoil that included numerous noose displays. State and city lawmakers have stepped up efforts to make it a crime to intimidate someone with a noose. The Department of Justice, which has set up a network to link investigators reviewing noose incidents, has indicted a Louisiana teen on hate crime charges for dangling a noose from his pickup and driving past demonstrators after a protest in Jena, Louisiana. EEOC Chair Naomi Earp said, "The noose has replaced the N-word … as the choice if you want to threaten or intimidate someone."