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Eeoc Launches Program To Combat Workplace Racial Discrimination

WASHINGTON —Looking to deter racial discrimination in the workplace, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has launched a new educational outreach and enforcement campaign.

Through E-Race, which stands for “Eradicating Racism and Colorism from Employment,” the EEOC intends to identify specific issues and barriers that contribute to racial discrimination, explore strategies to improve administration and litigation of race-based cases, and enhance public awareness of race and color discrimination. —Looking to deter racial discrimination in the workplace, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has launched a new educational outreach and enforcement campaign.

Historically, race-based charges have been the EEOC’s most frequent type of filing. The more than 27,238 charges alleging race-based discrimination in 2006 accounted for 36 percent of the agency’s private-sector caseload. —Looking to deter racial discrimination in the workplace, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has launched a new educational outreach and enforcement campaign.

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