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Claim Denied - Access Denied: The Black Wall Street Insurance Grift, Andre D.P. Cummings, Kalvin Graham
Claim Denied - Access Denied: The Black Wall Street Insurance Grift, Andre D.P. Cummings, Kalvin Graham
St. Thomas Law Review
The subject of Corporate Reparations has gained noteworthy momentum in recent years. The murder of George Floyd at the hands of former police officer Derek Chauvin in 2020 galvanized major United States corporate leadership into thinking about and committing to playing a sizeable role in ending systemic racism and bringing economic equality and social justice to the nation.
Doug McMillon, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fortune #1 company Walmart, Inc. expressed as much when he stated in the wake of the George Floyd summer of protests:
"What I’ve come to realize is that it wasn’t just the physical weight of …
Schuette And Affirmative Action: Why There Are Limits To What A Majority Of The People May Do, Rossanna C. Hernandez Mitchell
Schuette And Affirmative Action: Why There Are Limits To What A Majority Of The People May Do, Rossanna C. Hernandez Mitchell
Intercultural Human Rights Law Review
This article will be divided as follows: Part I will examine American legislative history and its failure to end discrimination in fact. Part II will analyze the claims of the States and the people regarding affirmative action. Part III will explore past trends in judicial decisions and their conditioning factors, including political party platforms and United States Supreme Court appointments. Part IV will evaluate changes in those conditioning factors that may alter future decisions, including the best- and worstcase scenarios. Lastly, Part V will provide recommendations on the best approach to remediate past discriminations.
Florida's Late Entrance To The Ongoing Trend: Sexual Orientation In The Workplace, Ernesto Rivero
Florida's Late Entrance To The Ongoing Trend: Sexual Orientation In The Workplace, Ernesto Rivero
St. Thomas Law Review
John Doe is an exceptional firefighter who also happens to be a homosexual. John performs his duties every day to the utmost of his ability; however, in response to his sexual orientation, John is verbally harassed daily, underpaid for his line of work, and subsequently discharged from his position. This is a consequence of practicing his protected constitutional right of same sex marriage at his workplace. Every individual ought to have a fair and inclusive workplace free from discrimination; that is not the case in today’s America. Although employees are protected from discrimination by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 …
Adults Only: Florida's Botched Case Of Youth Employment Discrimination, Viktoryia Johnson
Adults Only: Florida's Botched Case Of Youth Employment Discrimination, Viktoryia Johnson
St. Thomas Law Review
This Article argues that Florida courts got it wrong. Part II of this Article reviews the chronological evolution of Florida's anti-discrimination law. It then contrasts Florida courts' reading of the FCRA to extend age-related protections only to individuals over forty to the Commission's unyielding argument for the Act's age-neutral application. This Part further illustrates this interpretative incongruity by juxtaposing the Fourth District Court of Appeal's holding in City of Hollywood v. Hogan to the Commission's final order in Williams v. Sailorman, Inc. Part III of this Article reviews the Commission on Human Relations' role enforcing the FCRA and describes the …
Essay: A Search For Reason In Fairy Tales, John F. Hernandez
Essay: A Search For Reason In Fairy Tales, John F. Hernandez
Faculty Articles
A fairy tale: Once upon at time (not so very long ago), in a land (not so far away) lived a beautiful queen (well, actually a "runner up ") with a golden voice. The beautiful queen reined over her people and sang of sunshine. Some of the queen's subjects had felt that they were not treated fairly by the laws of the land and sought to have their unfair treatment prohibited. Apparently, this caused the queen to develop a fear and hatred for these subjects. These subjects had done nothing to the queen. Yet, the queen made it her mission …