Employment discrimination is an ugly disease that is eating away at the fabric of our society and has been accepted for too long. Healthy men and women are unable to provide for their families because of a misfortune or infraction in their history. Let me reemphasize history, as double jeopardy is unconstitutional in our society from a legal standpoint; however, it appears to be practiced everyday through employment discrimination.

Let us change this double jeopardy that affects so many lives and stop employment discrimination today by overcoming the barriers that still plague our society. Every citizen regardless of race, religious preference or social background has a right to be gainfully employed. One of the key components to being a productive citizen in society is being able to able to be gainfully employed.

The decision is ours as a people, if we want the discrimination to stop now we can by standing against it. Stand up against discrimination wherever it exists and watch the change take affect…

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