Peeking Through Blind Justice: One Person's Fight Against Workplace Discrimination

After more than a decade of service with the same employer, and more than 30 years of experience, Marcy Rich thought she had positioned herself for inevitable career advancement. After obtaining her master's degree, attending extra-curricular training workshops, and keeping herself knowledgeable and marketable in her industry, Rich found that her continual requests to be promoted, have a change in job position or receive a different job title were constantly rejected. In the meantime, others less qualified and educated than she were often granted promotions and job changes.After confronting management diplomatically and getting no legitimate reasoning why she was being passed over, Rich took notice of one major difference between her and the rest of the organization. She was the only Jewish employee. She was a victim of workplace religious discrimination.Taking literally Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that companies are prohibited from discriminating in regards to race or re