Race Discrimination

Picture this: you are a worker in an otherwise typical and boring job at a warehouse, with lots of crewmates and managers. You expect to blend into the background and not make much of a fuss, but something feels off. Instead of friendly chatter and banter, there is an...

Hearing a racial slur at work can shock you, make you angry or fill you with fear. Nobody should receive that kind of disrespect. You have the right to a safe and fair workplace, and knowing how to respond helps you take control of the situation. Racial harassment...

The race of a professional should not affect their career opportunities. State and federal regulations, as well as cultural changes, have made workplace racial discrimination less common and certainly less socially acceptable. Unfortunately, some professionals still...

Discrimination against employees due to protected characteristics like race, religion, gender, age and others included in federal and/or state law is prohibited. As Missouri’s Department of Labor’s (DOL) website explains, that includes harassing, demoting and firing...

Four years of discriminating and sidestepping prospective Black and Asian employees has come at a major cost to a Missouri-based company. In August, Cerner Corp. – a North Kansas City medical information technology company – agreed to a settlement worth nearly $1.9...

If you have experienced racial discrimination at work or when applying for a job, you deserve compensation under Missouri and federal law. But getting justice in this way requires you to follow a specific, multi-step process. One such step is filing a discrimination...

Anyone who has ever experienced workplace discrimination based on their race knows how painful it is. It can go beyond feeling hurt, angry or humiliated. Often, discrimination can trigger a mental health problem like depression. Study finds possible link between race...

A woman who used to work at the Kansas City VA hospital is suing the Veterans Administration for employment discrimination. The woman, who is Black, says she was harassed and ultimately fired because of her race and gender. Harassed by a security guard According to...

Racial discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace – or anywhere for that matter -- are, to put it bluntly, despicable, repugnant and unforgivable. They also are illegal. Both issues came to the forefront recently thanks to a three-part series written by...

Among approximately 2,400 elected prosecutors in the United States, only 1.84% of that group represents women of color (for a total of 45 officials). This group of prosecutors reports that they have been the target of a particular brand of discrimination, which some...