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Discrimination and the USDA

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Washington, DC: The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has come under fire by the Government Accountability office (GAO) for dropping the ball with regard to discrimination. Sadly, in spite of how far we have come in America and with an African-American currently in the race for the White House, employment discrimination, and employee racial discrimination appear to remain an issue in this country. At the USDA various minorities, as well as African-American farmers have filed employee discrimination complaints that appear to have gone nowhere, and the GAO has urged Congress to appoint an oversight board in an effort to fix the problem.

Full post as published by Lawyers and Settlements on October 23, 2008 (boomark / email).

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