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check out Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special Equanimity!
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“[J]udges often decide that a reasonable jury could not find for an employee who has alleged that her employer discriminated against her. A federal judge may have a different perspective than a jury on what the evidence shows and, as a result, may come to a different result than a jury would. Federal judges are appointed by the President of the United States and have elite backgrounds and credentials. Almost 75 percent of these judges are men, and approximately 80 percent of them are white. Juries, on the other hand, include more of a mix of the population, with, for example, more income levels, women, and people of different races and religions. Because of these differences, it is possible for a jury to believe that discrimination did occur, while a federal judge may think that discrimination may not have occurred. These differences make it even more important for these disputed cases to be left to juries.”
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“Although it is possible for workers to request summary judgment, it is rare for them to do so and even rarer still for a judge to grant such a motion.”
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“Even when a case makes it to trial, and a jury finds that discrimination has occurred, trial court and appellate judges use these same legal frameworks to overturn the jury’s verdict.”
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“Judges have constructed a complex system of legal frameworks, doctrines, and evidentiary rules that allows them to dismiss claims before trial.”
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“Federal judges do not apply the traditional rules of litigation to discrimination cases. Instead, judges have created a new set of rules. These rules are not neutral. They favor employers and disfavor workers.”
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“It would have seemed unbelievable in 1990, when there were 2,245 killings in New York City, but as of Wednesday there have been just 286 in the city this year — the lowest since reliable records have been kept. In fact, crime has fallen in New York City in each of the major felony categories — murder and manslaughter, rape, assault, robbery, burglary, grand larceny, and car thefts — to a total of 94,806 as of Sunday, well below the previous record low of 101,716 set last year.”
