Racial discrimination is the adverse treatment of a person (a job applicant or an employee) for belonging to a race or for having racial personal characteristics (such as hair texture, skin color, or certain facial features). Skin color discrimination is about treating someone adversely, depending on your skin color.
Because someone is married to (or is associated with) a person of a race or color, treating him in a bad way is also racial / color discrimination.
Race / Skin Color Discrimination and Work Conditions
The law forbids discrimination in any aspect of employment including employment, dismissal, wages, job distribution, promotion, layoffs, training, fringe benefits and any other terms or conditions of employment.
Race / Color Discrimination and Harassment
It is illegal to harass someone because of someone's race or color.
Harassment includes racial defamation, offensive or derogatory remarks about a person's race or color, or displaying symbols of racial aggression. Although the law does not prohibit pure ridicule, casual comment, or less serious isolated incidents, harassment is illegal if it is frequent or severe, thereby causing hostility or aggression in the work environment, or resulting in adverse employment decisions (for example, a victim's dismissal or demotion).
The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, other supervisor, colleagues, or someone not an employer employee, such as a client or customer.
Race / Color Discrimination and Employment Principles / Practices
Employment policies or practices applicable to all persons, regardless of race or color, may be illegal if they negatively affect the employment of people of a certain race or color, and are unrelated to the job or to the operation of the business. For example, the no beard employment principle, which applies to all workers regardless of race, may remain illegal if unrelated to work and negatively affects the employment of African-American men.