| | | ABA17-231 | | “Intersectionality” and Discrimination Claims Involving Multiple Categories Speakers: PANELISTS:
Oswald Cousins, Miller Law Group,
San Francisco, CA
John Henderson, U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, Baltimore, MD
LaRell Purdie, SEIU, Washington, DC
Anne B. Shaver, Lieff Cabraser Heimann
& Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA From its origins in critical race theory, the
idea of “Intersectionality,” holds that the
classical categories of oppression (race,
gender, class, sexual orientation, etc.)
do not operate independently, but rather
intersect to create multiple, non-discrete
forms of discrimination. The law’s embrace
of discrimination claims, however, based
on “multiple protected categories” has
been partial and uneven and awkward to
apply (for example, when different bases
of discrimination have different statutes of
limitations and different burdens of proof).
The panel will consider the evolution of
judicial treatment and litigation of such
claims against the social science theory
and the practical experiences of workers
and employers. | | MP3 | | $18.00 | | $18.00 | |
