Jingfei, an employee of Chinese origin, works as a sales representative at Globa

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Jingfei, an employee of Chinese origin, works as a sales representative at Global Recyclers International. Her supervisor, Ralph, persistently refers to her as "Julie" instead of "Jingfei." Although she objects and asks to be called by her rightful name, Ralph continues to call her "Julie" for over a year and justifies his actions by saying that an American-sounding name would increase her chances of success and would be more acceptable to Global's clientele. Jingfei brings a complaint under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Which of the following holds true in this case?

(A) Global Recyclers International will be liable to Jingfei because ethnic characteristics go beyond skin color and other physical traits and can include names.

(B) Global Recyclers International will not be liable to Jingfei because the use of "Julie" is neither a racial epithet nor a description of her physical ethnic traits.

(C) Global Recyclers International will be liable to Jingfei because Title VII provides protection against discrimination based on a victim's country of citizenship.

(D) Global Recyclers International will not be liable to Jingfei because Ralph did not intend his use of "Julie" to be derogatory of her national origin.

Explanation / Answer

Option (C) is the correct answer.

Because she says that the american sounding of name would increase the global clientale acceptance which means she is disriminating based on the victim's country of citizenship. So Title VII of civil rights act of 1964 protects the same.

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