Atlanta Race & Color Discrimination Attorneys

Sometimes race and color discrimination are patently obvious, often in the most horrible ways. Other times, sophisticated employers engage in race discrimination through subtle practices that tend to screen out minority applicants and employees.

Employers commonly discriminate against workers by using:

• Job and intelligence tests
• Appearance and dress codes
• English-only rules
• Relying on arrest records in making employment decisions
• Discriminatory recruiting practices

Racial discrimination also includes terminating your job, denying a promotion, reducing your pay, failure to make educational or training opportunities available, not allowing you to speak with certain clients, and other adverse employment conduct because of your race or color.

Sometimes, race or color discrimination may not involve official company practices, but rather involve harassment, such as the use of derogatory racial jokes by co-employees or supervisors. Whether it is official company policy or harassment by co-workers or managers, you should not be subjected to adverse action, including harassment, because of your race or color.

Harassment can include racial slurs, offensive or derogatory remarks about a person's race or color, or the showing of racially offensive symbols. Generally, the harassment must be pervasive or severe enough to alter the terms and conditions of employment. The harassment can be by a supervisor, a co-worker, a client, a customer, or other people in the work environment.