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"...the real complaint is that affirmative action undermines long-established patterns of favoritism."

Orland Park firefighter Simone-Lorenz alleges she was unfairly singled out by her superiors on training drills, and that her superiors shunned and ostracized her while encouraging others to do the same.

It's one thing to be empathetic to the poor, with a degree of distance that too easily turns into condescension. It's another thing entirely to experience it yourself. This could dramatically change the narrative around "personal responsibility"- blaming poor people for their own poverty.

This is a core issue to both women's equality in the workplace and men's rights to be dads and be active in their children's lives.

“We have the same cemetery, but we don’t mix the white and the black graves. They’re separate. Put a black up here? No, no, we wouldn’t do that. That would be against our custom, against our way of doing things.”-- Board Member of Jasper City Cemmetary

How will the United States embrace increased rates of diversity? My undergraduate political science professor, Samuel Stafford, once said that "the health of a nation is indicated by the way it treats its children." Will our nation ensure that each of these children has an equal opportunity to thrive? What role will you play in protecting the rights of these children?

I'm particularly worried about the disparate impact this will have to further stratify the wealth of US workers and their families. Not everybody can afford the education to obtain a white collar career.

This is one of The Law Project's clients.

Disparate hiring rates post-recession between men and women

Chicago Lawyers' Committee recognizes the importance of fighting abusive employment practices such as the ones described here.