Racial Harassment Claims Reported at All Time High

MSNBC reports a record year, and record decade for racial harassment claims to the EEOC:

"Racial harassment cases have more than doubled since the early 1990s, hitting an all-time  high of 6,977 in 2007, according to EEOC data. (Blacks file nine out of 10 race harassment charges.) From fiscal 2000 to 2007, the EEOC received 51,000 racial harassment charge filings nationwide, already over the number received during the entire 1990s."

Of course, that does not include claims under state laws, such as California's Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), nor civil court filings.  We don't have any numbers on these.  But we do know that the race harassment awards in California state court tend to be much higher than agency awards.

                                                                            --- Bruce Nye