L01 Introduction

You probably lived through, maybe even experienced first-hand, the racially motivated events that took place in the year 2020. The names George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor circulated in the world news; each of them was an African American whose life was lost to police brutality in the U.S.

Unfortunately, police violence is not the only type of oppression that African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and other minorities experience in the United States. Indeed, most countries of the world can identify minority populations that face unethical, and often illegal discrimination at the hands of those who are supposed to protect them, help them to rent or buy a house, interact at their workplaces, and in many other social interactions.

For the purpose of this course, we are interested in work or employment discrimination.