Protections Against Discrimination

 FEDERAL PROTECTIONS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AND RELIGION 

CONTACT INFORMATION 

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of South Carolina

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sc/civil-rights
Civil Rights Program
55 Beattie Place, Suite 700
Greenville, SC 29601
(864) 282-2100
Email: usasc.civilrights@usdoj.gov

DOJ Educational Opportunities Section (EOS) 

https://www.justice.gov/crt/educational-opportunities-section

EOS is responsible for enforcing:

• Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, and religion in public schools and institutions of higher learning;
• Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 which, among other things, requires states and school districts to provide English Language Learner (ELL) students with appropriate services to overcome language barriers; and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Also plays a significant role in enforcing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin by recipients of federal funds),
• Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex by recipients of federal funds), and
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability by recipients of federal funds).

DOJ Housing and Civil Enforcement Section (HCE) 

https://www.justice.gov/crt/housing-and-civil-enforcement-section

HCE enforces:

• Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination in housing,
• Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which prohibits discrimination in credit,
• Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in certain places of public accommodation, such as hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and theaters.

DOJ Federal Compliance Section (FCS) 

https://www.justice.gov/crt/fcs

FCS coordinates the enforcement by Federal agencies of: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in federally assisted programs.  Thirty federal agencies that administer federally assisted programs are subject to Title VI, Title IX, and similarly worded provisions of other program statutes that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or religion.

FLYERS, BROCHURES, ETC.

RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN

Protecting Against Race, Color, and National Origin Discrimination by

Recipients of Federal Funds (DOJ, 17 pages), https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2013/07/24/4yr_report.pdf

Fulfilling the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education (DOJ), https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2014/05/16/eos14.pdf

Combating Discrimination Against AANHPI and MASSA Students [Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) and Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South Asian (MASSA)] (DOJ, Dep’t of Educ. 2016) (fact sheet 1 page) https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/aanhpi-massa-factsheet-201606.pdf

Community Engagement (Dep’t of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties) (brochure 2 pages) https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/community-engagement-dhs-crcl-poster.pdf  

Federal Protections Against National Origin Discrimination (DOJ 2010) (16 pages) https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2011/04/07/natorigin2.pdf

Federal Protections Against National Origin Discrimination (DOJ) https://www.justice.gov/crt/fcs/fcs-publications-major-interest#Civil_Rights_Pubs
Includes links to versions in: Arabic (PDF), Korean (PDF), Cambodian (PDF) Laotian (PDF), Chinese (PDF) Punjabi (PDF) Farsi ( PDF), Russian (PDF), French (PDF), Spanish (HTML) (PDF), Haitian Creole (PDF),  Tagalog (PDF), Hindi (PDF), Vietnamese (PDF), Hmong (PDF)  

Language Access in State Courts (DOJ, 9/2016, 28 pages), /media/1053481/download?inline 

RELIGION

Federal Law Protections for Religious Liberty (Attorney General Memo., 10/2017), /media/917256/download?inline

Protecting the Religious Freedom of All: Federal Laws against Religious Discrimination (DOJ, 2005) (Report 13 page) https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2010/12/15/religiousfreedom.pdf

Combating Religious Discrimination Today: Final Report (DOJ, 2016) (report 40 pages) /media/848886/download?inline

RELIGIOUS LAND USE

A Guide to Federal Religious Land Use Protections (DOJ) (fact sheet 3 pages) https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2010/12/15/rluipa_guide.pdf

RLUIPA Letter to Mayors and Other Local Officials (DOJ, 2016) (letter 6 pages) /media/869636/download?inline

Report on the Tenth Anniversary of the Religious Land use and Institutionalized Persons Act (DOJ 2010) (report 15 pages) https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2010/12/15/rluipa_report_092210.pdf

Update on the Justice Department’s Enforcement of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: 2010 – 2016 (DOJ 2016) /media/848881/download?inline

MUSLIM, ARAB, AND SIKH

Twenty Plus Things Schools Can Do to Respond to or Prevent Hate Incidents Against Arab-Americans, Muslims, and Sikhs (DOJ) (fact sheet 2 pages) https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crs/legacy/2012/12/17/20-plus-things.pdf

Poster on Sikh Americans and the Kirpan (DHS, 2006) https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/crcl_kirpan_poster-DHS-DOJ.jpg

Poster on Common Sikh American Head Coverings (DHS 2005) https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CRCL_SikhHeadCoveringPoster_2005.pdf

Poster on Common Sikh American Headcoverings (DOJ, 2008) https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2008/10/21/sikh_poster.pdf

Poster of Common Muslim American Headcoverings (DHS 2005) https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CRCL_MuslimHeadCoveringPoster_2005.pdf

Confronting Discrimination in the Post-9/11 Era: Challenges and Opportunities Ten Years Later (DOJ, 2012) (report 22 pages) https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2012/04/16/post911summit_report_2012-04.pdf