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Many years ago, one of the business newspapers ran an article about minority business owners being in no big hurry to disclose to the public (and their customers) that they were Black.
A Black Man incorporated or who has formed a LLC can present himself to the world as any race he chooses through his lawyers and PR People.
The simple fact of the matter is that, believe it or not, still in American Society today, a limited liability company has more rights and more opportunities available to it than a Black Man does.
I have witnessed several instances of legal disputes, where only motion papers had been presented to the Court, in which opposing counsel made a point of making sure the Judge was aware of the race of the business owner i.e., that the Judge was aware that "The Business" was in fact A Black Man.
In America NOW, we are witnessing expanding rights for business entities and the total destruction of Federal Civil Rights Laws.
For all practical purposes, The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is something of benefit only to White Females claiming Sex Discrimination and to a lesser degree, Old White Males charging Age Discrimination.
The EEOC under George Bush was absolutely NOT about helping Black People combat racial discrimination in the work place.
Someone asked the EEOC in Manhattan why it only seemed to file lawsuits against Investment Banks on behalf of White Women. The EEOC responded that White Women and Old White Men were the only people filing complaints with the EEOC against Investment Banks in New York.
More accurately, complaints from White Women and Old White Men are the only complaints the EEOC in Manhattan would process during Republican Administrations.
The "racial profile" of every single Investment Bank in New York City is so tilted against Black Employees that there SHOULD BE a standing on-going prima facie case of racial discrimination against every investment bank in New York City. The Management of Investment Banks in New York are so overwhelmingly White Male and the few Blacks employed by banks are so overwhelmingly in low-paying non-management positions that simply being Black and working for an investment bank should in an of itself be a prima facie proof that you were discriminated against because of your race.
Of course, should a Black Person actually survived the F*cking EEOC and make it to FEDERAL COURT, that person would be up against a Federal Court System Packed with "Conservative Judges" who appear to be determined to destroy the Federal Civil Rights Laws.
The US Supreme Court essentially attempted to DESTROY a 100 year old Civil Rights Law passed during Reconstruction - Title 42 Section 1981 - by holding that the law could not be used by Blacks who had been hired to claim that they were discriminated against in the workplace. The Supreme Court ruled that Title 42 Section 1981 could only be used by Blacks who were denied employment. Fortunately, Congress passed law to reverse the Supreme Court's attempt to Destroy Title 42 Section 1981. Unlike The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title 42 Section 1981 provides for compensatory and punative damages.
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