Federal law literally says 'go back to where you came from' counts as discrimination
Lawmakers spent most of Tuesday hashing out whether to condemn President Donald Trump’s racist comment that four congresswomen of color should “go back” to their ancestral countries, but a federal agency has already made the decision for them.
“Ethnic slurs and other verbal or physical conduct because of nationality are illegal if they are severe or pervasive and create an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment, interfere with work performance, or negatively affect job opportunities,” the commission said on its website to describe harassment based on national origin.
Trump and his followers insist he was not being racist when he tweeted Sunday that Democratic Reps. Ayanna Pressley , Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came” after the lawmakers, all four American citizens, criticized him.
The president’s tweets were racist, and many people of color have memories of being told the same thing that the EEOC has deemed harassment.
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