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Controversies in Philanthropy: FSSO 119-100 Fall 2021

Brief Overview of Today's Nonprofits in Discrimination

Social Justice nonprofit organizations continue to work tirelessly towards furthering this goal of equality, and in our book we focus on nonprofits engaged in overcoming Racial discrimination, Gender & Sexuality discrimination, and Cultural/Immigration discrimination.

Race

Gender & Sexuality:
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights today issued a Notice of Interpretation explaining that it will enforce Title IX's prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex to include: (1) discrimination based on sexual orientation; and (2) discrimination based on gender identity. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity offered by a recipient of federal financial assistance. The Department's interpretation stems from the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, issued one year ago this week, in which the Supreme Court recognized that it is impossible to discriminate against a person based on their sexual orientation or gender identity without discriminating against that person based on sex.

"The Supreme Court has upheld the right for LGBTQ+ people to live and work without fear of harassment, exclusion, and discrimination – and our LGBTQ+ students have the same rights and deserve the same protections. I'm proud to have directed the Office for Civil Rights to enforce Title IX to protect all students from all forms of sex discrimination," said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. "Today, the Department makes clear that all students—including LGBTQ+ students—deserve the opportunity to learn and thrive in schools that are free from discrimination."
(https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-confirms-title-ix-protects-students-discrimination-based-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity)

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/05/10/hhs-announces-prohibition-sex-discrimination-includes-discrimination-basis-sexual-orientation-gender-identity.html

The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a health crisis, an economic crisis, and a care-giving crisis that have magnified the challenges that women and girls, especially women and girls of color, have long faced. It has also exacerbated a “shadow pandemic” of gender-based violence in the United States and around the world. These overlapping crises have underscored that, for far too long, the status quo has left too many behind. (Including strategies to combat)

Cultural/Immigration:
Immigration has been a deeply controversial topic in America, especially in the 2016 election and subsequent presidency of Donald Trump,who had proposed building a wall that “Mexico would pay for”, which was one of the main proposals that led to his victory. During his presidency, Trump reduced asylum for immigrants, and as some opponents put it, kept kids in cages, while they were separated from their parents in detention centers. While many already find this to be a form of discrimination, as these “illegal immigrants”, so put in quotes as they may be appealing legally for asylum and are thus immigrating legally, are treated as animals in a sense that need to be locked up, immigrants still face other forms of discrimination and hardship. Many immigrant children experience bullying in school, while adults can face discrimination in employment through hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects. Rights to essential services like healthcare and housing are also major concerns for immigrants and refugees.

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1. Brief Overview of Today's Nonprofits in Discrimination Social Justice nonprofit organizations continue to work tirelessly towards furthering this goal of equality, and in our book we focus on nonprofits engaged in overcoming Racial discrimination, Gender & Sexuality discrimination, and Cultural/Immigration discrimination.
  
  Race
  
  Gender & Sexuality:
  The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights today issued a Notice of Interpretation explaining that it will enforce Title IX's prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex to include: (1) discrimination based on sexual orientation; and (2) discrimination based on gender identity. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity offered by a recipient of federal financial assistance. The Department's interpretation stems from the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, issued one year ago this week, in which the Supreme Court recognized that it is impossible to discriminate against a person based on their sexual orientation or gender identity without discriminating against that person based on sex.
  "The Supreme Court has upheld the right for LGBTQ+ people to live and work without fear of harassment, exclusion, and discrimination – and our LGBTQ+ students have the same rights and deserve the same protections. I'm proud to have directed the Office for Civil Rights to enforce Title IX to protect all students from all forms of sex discrimination," said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. "Today, the Department makes clear that all students—including LGBTQ+ students—deserve the opportunity to learn and thrive in schools that are free from discrimination."
  (https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-confirms-title-ix-protects-students-discrimination-based-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity)
  https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/05/10/hhs-announces-prohibition-sex-discrimination-includes-discrimination-basis-sexual-orientation-gender-identity.html
  The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a health crisis, an economic crisis, and a care-giving crisis that have magnified the challenges that women and girls, especially women and girls of color, have long faced. It has also exacerbated a “shadow pandemic” of gender-based violence in the United States and around the world. These overlapping crises have underscored that, for far too long, the status quo has left too many behind. (Including strategies to combat)
  
  Cultural/Immigration:
  Immigration has been a deeply controversial topic in America, especially in the 2016 election and subsequent presidency of Donald Trump,who had proposed building a wall that “Mexico would pay for”, which was one of the main proposals that led to his victory. During his presidency, Trump reduced asylum for immigrants, and as some opponents put it, kept kids in cages, while they were separated from their parents in detention centers. While many already find this to be a form of discrimination, as these “illegal immigrants”, so put in quotes as they may be appealing legally for asylum and are thus immigrating legally, are treated as animals in a sense that need to be locked up, immigrants still face other forms of discrimination and hardship. Many immigrant children experience bullying in school, while adults can face discrimination in employment through hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects. Rights to essential services like healthcare and housing are also major concerns for immigrants and refugees.