GROWING NUMBER OF REVERSE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CASES BROUGHT BY WHITE WORKERS
Racial discrimination and harassment in the workplace has long been a problem for minority workers, but the majority is now also facing what has been termed reverse-racial discrimination; whites are being discriminated against by minority-run businesses. While still not a large number of cases brought each year, the number has been vastly growing to show that whites are now also receiving the brunt of racial discrimination especially in the hiring and firing processes of employment.
In a recent case, a white news anchor claimed that he had been the victim of racial discrimination in the news office when he was fired, and later the station hired an African-American news anchor to replace him. In California, unlike in other states, you do not have to show the unusual circumstances of why your employer is specifically discriminating against a majority in order to bring a reverse-racial discrimination claim. However, after reviewing the evidence, the judge dismissed the case on a summary judgment motion. But the trend continues: issues of reverse-racial discrimination are far more common in minority neighborhoods where whites go in for an application and are turned away due to their difference in racial background and the color of their skin.
If you have been the victim of reverse-racial discrimination, call the Law Offices of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 for your free initial consultation, and information on how our experienced attorneys can protect your legal rights.
Hicks v KNTV Television, Inc., courtesy of the California Employment Lawyers Association Bulletin, March 2008.
