The Morris test requires proving minority status to claim discrimination
Evidence
To establish a prima facie allegation of racial discrimination, a claimant like Pourghoraishi must prove all three of the following criteria of the “Morris test”: (1) the claimant is a member of a racial minority, (2) the defendant(s) had intent to discriminate based on race, and (3) the discrimination involved, in some way, a contract between parties. With regard to the first prerequisite, the court, in its summary judgment, conceded the paradoxical and confusing racial position of Iranian Americans that had existed for well over a century: “The first prong [race], although generally clear in most cases, is less so here,” the judge said. — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness, 97
Categorization
- DEFINE: Clearly lays out the three-prong Morris test for prima facie racial discrimination claims, a genuinely useful framework for understanding civil-rights law mechanics.