The Patriot Act aggravated workplace discrimination by mandating employer investigations.
Evidence
Because hostile work environment claims often involve the verbalization of stereotypes and prejudices, such claims offer valua- ble insight into the extent to which the September 11th terrorist attacks has aggravated public bias against Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians. The passage of the USA PATRIOT Act further aggravated such discrimination by requiring employers to investigate their employees. — Sahar F. Aziz, Sticks and Stones, the Words That Hurt, 227
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Christians of Arab descent face workplace discrimination because colleagues assume they are Muslim — Sahar F. Aziz, Sticks and Stones, the Words That Hurt:…, 337; Employers defeat hostile-environment claims by invoking simple teasing and offhand comments. — Sahar F. Aziz, Sticks and Stones, the Words That Hurt:…, 223; National security exceptions legally override anti-discrimination protections for Muslims — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 564 (+3 more)
Related
- Christians of Arab descent face workplace discrimination because colleagues assume they are Muslim (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Private citizens’ discriminatory acts get reinforced by state security policies
#corroborates(0.88) - National security exceptions legally override anti-discrimination protections for Muslims
#corroborates(0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 564 - Bystander silence legitimizes racial hostility toward Muslims in workplaces
#expands(0.80) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 329 - Employers exploit society’s broader prejudices as a free labor-control resource
#expands(0.78) — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 916