Category: discriminated

Black Mom Sues LA Unified Over Cotton-Picking Project at Elementary School, Lawsuit Says

By Summer Lin From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—A Black parent filed a civil rights lawsuit last week against the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Board of Education, saying that a cotton field was set up at an elementary school in 2017 that was intended to teach students about the experiences of slaves….


Facebook to Pay up to $14.25 Million to Settle Employment Discrimination Claims

WASHINGTON—Facebook has agreed to pay up to $14.25 million to settle civil claims by the federal government that the social media company discriminated against American workers and violated federal recruitment rules, officials said on Tuesday. The two related settlements were announced by the Justice Department and Labor Department and confirmed by Facebook. The Justice Department…