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dignitytogether OP t1_islzvpt wrote

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PuritanSettler1620 t1_ism0oxo wrote

how so?

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dignitytogether OP t1_ism103a wrote

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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