HRT 240 Lecture 3: HRT 2400- Chapter 3
25 Feb 2019
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Discrimination: act of treating some people different from and less favorably than others. Before the advent of civil right laws - statutes that prohibit discrimination - a restaurant owner could refuse to serve any person, including blacks and other minorities, without violating the law. 1954 - u. s. supreme court decided the landmark case of brown v. board of education of. Landmark decision: ruling by a judge that sets and important precedent, sometimes marking a turning point in the interpretation of law. The ruling invalidated the practice of separate but equal accommodations. Civil rights: personal rights that derive primarily from the constitution. Freedom of speech, freedom of crontract, privary, due process, etc. Outlawed discrimination on the basis of four protected classes - race, color, religion, and national origin - in four types of establishments: hotels, restaurants, places of entertainment, and gas station. Scope of the civil rights act of 1964. Outlaws discrimination in places of public accommodation based on 4 factors:
