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dignitytogether OP t1_ism103a wrote

Reply to comment by PuritanSettler1620 in THIS SATURDAY! We're speaking out against abuse at work across the nation to call for change by dignitytogether

They both involve abusive mistreatment of employees.

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PuritanSettler1620 t1_ism1gc2 wrote

If you are denied a job or treated substantively differently because of your skin color, that is an indefensible and bigoted act. If someone is mean to you that is a part of life.

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dignitytogether OP t1_ism1lwq wrote

What if the abuse has a discriminatory impact, but you can’t prove discriminatory intent that the courts now call for?

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PuritanSettler1620 t1_ism23eq wrote

Then what you have is a hunch not a case

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dignitytogether OP t1_ism33ne wrote

No, that’s actually how anti-discrimination law started.

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PuritanSettler1620 t1_ism3aab wrote

Yeah but in this country we believe you are innocent until proven without a reasonable doubt guilty, a standard I think ought to be extended to employers.

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dignitytogether OP t1_ism3ddj wrote

That is included in the proposed legislation.

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PuritanSettler1620 t1_ism3oqo wrote

I looked up the proposed legislation, it is an extension of the nanny state in an effort to "disrupt social hierarchies at work" and is a pseudo socialist attempt to hamper the opperations of business in this commonwealth. I will be writing to my State senator to vote against this bill and amendment.

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