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Employment Discrimination In China In Oakland
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To file a complaint of discrimination, go to the CRD Web site home page and click on "File a Pre- Complaint Inquiry." If assistance is required to complete the online Pre-Complaint Inquiry, please call 800-884-1684. The completion and submission of the Pre-Complaint Inquiry will initiate the complaint process.
Explain as clearly as possible what happened, why you believe it happened, and how you were discriminated against. Please include how other persons were treated differently from you, if applicable. If you were denied a benefit or service, please provide a copy of the denial letter.
E) Discrimination in housing – When seeking an apartment for rent, the landlord tells you that “no children are allowed” (discrimination based on family status) or they won't rent to people under 25 years (age discrimination) because “they're too noisy and won't look after the place”.
Include the following in your complaint letter: Your name, address and telephone number. The name, address, and telephone number of your attorney or authorized representative, if you are represented. The basis of your complaint. The date(s) that the incident(s) you are reporting as discrimination occurred.
The following would be considered illegal discrimination if there is evidence that the decision was made based on a protected characteristic: Sexual Harassment. Refusal to Provide Services. Unfair Lending Practices. Misrepresenting the Availability of Housing. Refusal to Allow “Reasonable Modifications” Refusing Rental.
In the beginning, Chinese miners worked for themselves or labored for other miners. Due to an increase in Chinese immigrants, anti-immigrant feeling permeated mining camps and in 1850, the California legislature passed a Foreign Miners License Law, which charged all non-U.S. citizens $20 per month.
The California Gold Rush in 1849, coupled with recruitment efforts to build the Central Pacific Railroad in 1865, encouraged more Chinese “sojourners” to emigrate to the west coast of the United States with plans to return to China with increased wealth.
In 1882 President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act which prohibited Chinese workers from coming to America and denying citizenship to those Chinese nationals already living and working here. This act suppressed the Chinese population in America for decades; Oakland's Chinatown was no exception.
Oakland, California, is a microcosm of Black life in America. African Americans arrived here en masse between 1940 and 1970, fleeing Jim Crow laws in the South during the Second Great Migration.
But when they arrived in the gold fields, they were greeted by racial discrimination. Despite hostility and discrimination, Chinese continued to immigrate to California to avail themselves of whatever opportunities awaited them here.
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When someone files a discrimination complaint, CRD evaluates the facts and decides whether to accept the case for investigation. If you would like to file a discrimination, harassment or retaliation complaint, complete and submit the Intake Assessment Form.There are strict deadlines for filing a charge of discrimination, please review the information in the timeliness tab or call 1-. Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) is a community-based civil rights organization located in San Francisco Chinatown. Hamline Law Review, No. 1, Winter 2009. If you've been the victim of discrimination at work or in applying for a job, don't wait! 2023 Community Impact Report. 20. 1. 3. 5. Justia Lawyer Directory Employment Law California Oakland Attorneys. The resolution apologizes on behalf of the board and the city for "systemic and structural discrimination" and targeted acts of violence. In its reversal the court extended the California law that African Americans and Native Americans could not testify in court to include the Chinese.