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“Two Types of ‘Protected Classes’ Under Title VII”
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“Two Types of ‘Protected Classes’ Under Title VII”
The law prohibits employers from discriminating potential employees or their existing
employees based on race, color, nationality, gender, age, religion, and disability (Grofman,
2000). However, sometimes there exists exceptions because before a court can decide that an
employer discriminated against a member of the Protected Class, the court must examine and
determine the circumstance surrounding the incident. For instance, employers can make
consideration for the person to hire or award certain benefits based on their business reasoning,
necessity, and circumstance without consideration of Protected Classes. The history of Protected
Class dates back to the 20th century, and significant initial success was achieved in 1964 when
the Civil Rights Act.
Initially protected Class only included race and color but has since been revised to
include Title V Act, which was protection against “discrimination in employment” based on the
“race, color, national origin, sex, and religion (Grofman, 2000).” Later on, it was expanded
to become Title VII in increasing the protected classes to the current number of seven ,
which includes “race, color, nationality, gender, age, religion, and disability (Grofman, 2000).”
Title VII protected classes have helped decrease and prevent discrimination against
vulnerable groups in the society concerning access to employment and reasonable
accommodation in the workplace. This paper explains and analyzes two types of “prote cted
classes” under Title VII. It will discuss race and gender while giving standards of proof and
sign the significance of the protection to these two “protec...