Sitting around, and we were writing regulations for i dont remember if it was the Fair Housing Act or the housing part of the americans with disabilities act, but anyway we were there and we were deciding you know what the rule should be for employers when it came to ramps and door knobs and sunken living rooms and all kinds of stuff like that. And it was appalling. You know, none of us knows at that table knew anything about the business of how to build an apartment complex. Why were we sitting around, you know making up all these rules . It was just very scary. Hes another part did i hear you say earlier in your testimony that you didnt have to have a familiarity with something in order to do the job . Well, no, i didnt say that. I said that you didnt think you had to be to put it bluntly, i dont think that you have to be a black person in order to be able to sell pepsis to a black person. And this notion that only members of a particular group can effectively market to members of th
Employees. We have a body of law and several years at least of experience. But title 7 has been worked out perfectly but its very controversial. One of the things that developed quite late sometimes 50 years after it passes. For example, right here, weve been told that title 7 can be used in terms of Sexual Orientation and gender identity. Nobody would have thought that in 1964. And maybe thats the right way to interpret it, or maybe its the wrong way. But its wrong to suggest that the language is not going to be a problem, because its not a problem now. Thats not the way statutes work. I understand that but i think its more important in your considerations to address what is the real problem now that we are trying to ameliorate. I think thats the wrong approach. We have a problem we have to deal with it right now. Lets go with whatever good language we have. We want good language. That wont be abused in the future. We want it to cover only the things we want it to cover. Do we have th
Passage of such legislation to prohibit on the basis of discrimination on the basis of sexual or orientation or gender identity in the same way that title vii of the Civil Rights Act of 64 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or National Origin. In conclusion, Workplace Discrimination is a pervasive issue that prevents employees from meaningfully contributing their talents to our nations workforce. Workers who encounter antilgbt sentiments or actions are faced with a perilous choice of either hiding their lgtb identity in the workplace or risking discriminatory treatment and harassment by disclosing their lgtb identity. While eeoc protection take shape and agencies issue guidance it will take time for employers and employees to recognize the Legal Protection available. We hope that more data will be collected as we await a new legal precedent or legislation will set this matter unequivocally in the path. On behalf of the task force i would like to thank t
1865 and set the stage a little bit. In march of 1865 lincoln gives his second inaugural address. What are his hopes and expect haitians for that spring and his vision of what victory and peace might look like . Shall i start . Please start. Of course, some people expect a rather more triumphal second inaugural. The war seems to be winding downst second war, but before he gets to ounces of malice, makes clear that he believes the war must continue as he puts it, until every drop of blood drawn with a lash is repaid by one drawn by the sword if needed, and he makes extraordinary declaration that north and south alike are equally guilty for the longstanding original american sin of slavery. Only then does he suggest that mala scored non malice cord non will be the principal by which he will run the post for reUnited States. The debate ever since has been who he included. I think he makes it clear little bit later. I will not jump ahead, but by april in visiting richmond and what turned o
Panel discussion. You are gathered here today to hear the story of the closing days of the civil war. The university of virginia has a small chapter in its story. For three days in march, 1865, the city of charlottesville at the university were occupied by union forces. Uva law Professor John miner wrote in his diary that he feared general sheridans men would destroy the university. His fears were not unfounded. Only a month later, union troops did indeed burn the university of alabama whose campus was designed on the model of Thomas Jeffersons academic village. Fortunately, this university had a measure of protection that alabama would not have. The uva administrators had long attempted to distance the university from the civil war conflict even seeking exemptions for military service for uva students. When the union troops arrived on march 3, local officials surrendered the town and University Leaders including faculty chair socrates molfin request a protection for the university usi