Women are being paid less than men while working jobs that are equally difficult. People as young as 40 years old are losing their jobs because of their age. Gays and lesbians that are open about their sexuality have a harder time getting jobs than those who are straight. People of different ethnicities are ignored and condescended upon. Discrimination in the workplace is still a major issue today; one that is currently ignored and denied. These days, people are trying to hang up their laundry without really checking if their clothes are actually clean. Already, steps are being taken to suspend racially discriminatory laws. “When asked why Arizona shouldn’t be required to have it’s voting laws precleared, (Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer) said racial discrimination was no longer a problem in the state. ‘I think we were being punished by the Voting Rights Act for indiscretions, bad things that took place decades ago, and those don’t take place any longer,’ she told reporters. ‘We have grown and so it was the right thing to do so I’m pleased’.” This simply isn’t true. Evidence shows that discrimination, including racial discrimination, is still a problem today. This laundry can’t be hung up yet, otherwise all the other clothes in the closet are going to get dirty. If we want discriminatory laws to go, we need to make sure that we are completely clean of prejudice and discrimination and right now, we’re not. In 1964, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) was created by the Civil Rights Act. In Title VII, the employment section states; “(a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; or (2) to limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. (b) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, or to classify or refer for employment any individual on the basis of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” Then, for seven years, if there was evidence of workplace discrimination, the EEOC would notify the Department of Justice to take care of it. Despite this effort however, there still wasn’t much a difference made. Then came the Equal Employment Act of 1972. This gave the EEOC a significant amount of authority. Now if they have reason to believe that work discrimination is taking place, they can take action themselves. Now that we have a full committee focused completely on this issue, the amount of discrimination in the workplace has gone down significantly since 1972. Unfortunately it hasn’t completely gone away yet, not by a long shot, but that’s what people seem to think and that’s just slowly making it worse. Women, seniors, gays/lesbians, and people with different ethnical backgrounds are still treated poorly in the workplace. This needs to be stopped, but first it needs to be proven. Women are being paid less than men while working equally difficult jobs. This is a fact. What is the reason for this? Employers assume that women (especially married women) have other higher priorities than their job because stereotypically, the man is the breadwinner of the family and he’s the one who needs the job more. They assume that women care more about their families because that is generally their role in the average household. Taking this into account, they