pag.). Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal to discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or disability (Employment Discrimination n.pag.). The main body of employment discrimination laws is composed of federal and state statutes ("Employment Discrimination" n.pag.). The United States Constitution and some state constitutions provide additional protection where the employer is a governmental body or the government has taken significant steps to foster the discriminatory practice of the employer ("Employment Discrimination" n.pag.). Depending on the person or situation, the effects a minority can be very harsh. Luisa Lopez was working in a shop called El France Dress Company in El Barrio, on 104th. Street when she first experienced employment discrimination. She says, "The Italian girls didn't want us to sit down. The rest of the girls refused to work, ah, because they didn't want to work with Puerto Ricans," ("I Was More of a Citizen" n.pag.). Some people who racially discriminate tend to try & set you up so that you can get fired from a job that you were currently working at. Overall, we interpret the evidence as supporting the general conclusion that race discrimination laws positively impacted the relative employment and earnings of minorities, although the evidence is less dramatic than that reported in other research, and there are some cases (in particular, earnings effects for minority males) and periods for which we find little positive impact ("Effects of Sex & Race Discrimination Laws" n.pag.). .
Another cause of racial discrimination is stereotyping. Stereotyping can be also stated as preconceived notions. Stereotyping is judging someone before actually knowing that individual based on your assumptions. The elimination of sanctioned discrimination in education has been achieved virtually everywhere ("Education Discrimination" n.
