Your Rights and What You Can Do to Prevent or Respond to Discrimination
Follow the links to federal pages below to learn more
about your rights to be free from discrimination and ways that you can
help prevent or address discrimination in different areas of life.
Air Travel:
Information for air travelers:
FAA Fact Sheet:
Nondiscrimination on the basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Sex or Creed 
Answers
to Frequently Asked Questions Concerning the Air Travel of People Who Are
Or May Appear to Be of Arab, Middle Eastern or South Asian Descent and/or
Muslim or Sikh (Department of Transportation)
Information for airport security workers:
FAA Guidance for
Screeners and other Security Personnel
Carrying
Out Transportation Inspection and Safety Responsibilities In A Nondiscriminatory
Manner (Department of Transportation)
Steps
Taken to Ensure New Security Requirements Preserve and Respect the Civil Rights
of People with Disabilities (Department of Transportation)
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Schools, Colleges,
and Universities:
Information for school, college, and university officials:
Twenty Plus Things Schools Can Do to Respond to or
Prevent Hate Incidents Against Arab-Americans, Muslims, and Sikhs (Department
of Justice)
Self-Evaluation
Materials and Resources for Developing Complaint Procedures (Department
of Education)
Information for students and parents:
Know
Your Rights (Department of Education)
Race
and National Origin Discrimination (Department of Education)
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The Workplace:
Information for employers:
Questions and Answers about Employer Responsibilities Concerning the Employment of Muslims,
Arabs, South Asians, and Sikhs (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Information
for Employers Regarding Concerns of Discrimination Following the World Trade
Center and Pentagon Attacks (Department of Justice)
Informational Brochures
(Department of Justice)
Information
on Rights and Responsibilities (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Facts
About National Origin Discrimination (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Facts
About Race/Color Discrimination (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Facts
About Religious Discrimination (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Information
for Small Employers (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Information for workers:
Questions and Answers about the Workplace Rights of Muslims,
Arabs, South Asians, and Sikhs under the Equal Employment Opportunity Laws
(Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Information
for Workers Regarding Concerns of Discrimination Following World Trade Center
and Pentagon Attacks (Department of Justice)
Informational Brochures
(Department of Justice)
Information
on Rights and Responsibilities (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Federal
Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination Questions And Answers (Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission)
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General Information:
Federal Protections Against National Origin
Discrimination Brochure (Department of Justice)
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Updated July 25, 2008
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