Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Lets say you have a caucasian male who is employed in an all hispanic department that has a caucasian female supervisor.

Now, if the caucasian female supervisor terminates the caucasian male because she wants the department to remain all hispanic (for whatever reason) is the caucasian male being discriminated against based on his race? If so, what does the caucasian male have to do to prove it in court?


Asked on 4/25/12, 2:01 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Kirschbaum Law Offices of Michael R. Kirschbaum

It is illegal to discriminate against an employee on the basis of race for any reason. Yes, you have to be able to prove race was the motivating reason for the termination. But it is not possible to offer what has to be proven because every case is different and we cannot speculate what the facts are in your case. You should be keeping a diary of sorts, writing down dates of events, things said that are relevant, the names and contact information of potential witnesses, documents that help support your claims, including any complaints you have made about unfair treatment, etc. Only then, can an attorney assess your case.

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Answered on 4/25/12, 9:47 am


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