Protect Our Defenders and Black Veterans Project urge SCOTUS to extend Title VII to military

 IN Jackson v. Braithwaite, secretary of the Navy, the military claims it is exempt from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  In an amicus brief detailing the history of racism in the military the Black Veterans Project and Protect Our Defenders urge the high court to deploy title VII to attack the problem.  In the recent decision in Bostock v. Clayton County the Supreme Court found that Title VII's employee protections  extended to any discrimination based on gender identity or distinctions.  Although it is the nation's largest single employer the federal government has never been reached by the 1964 Civil Rights Act. - GWC

The military has never had to abide by Civil Rights Act of 1965 — helping to maintain a racialized hierarchy in the most consequential American institution. Today, @blackveteransproject co-authored an amicus supporting the application of Title VII protections. pic.twitter.com/e75tgTTcLJ

— RICH 🇭🇹 (@crtv_drctr) August 14, 2020