by Dennis Beaver | advertising, career, consumer, discrimination, employment
September 16, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “There is a huge market – millions of people – that could be a missed opportunity for American business,” says author Susan Golden, who teaches at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is considered one of the...
by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment, workplace
June 24, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver While it may seem unfair, appearance – and weight – play a significant role in hiring, promotion and retention decisions. With the exception of weight that comes under the protection of the Americans with Disability Act, only Michigan...
by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment
June 11, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver As the concept of age discrimination has become better known, complaints from older American workers — people over 40— have gradually increased. Since COVID-19, agencies that deal with age discrimination have seen a significant ramping...
by Dennis Beaver | author, discrimination, politics
March 19, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver Following the end of World War II and the collapse of Hitler’s Germany, Americans were convinced that our way of life — our democracy — would make it impossible for what happened there to ever occur here. But take a...
by Dennis Beaver | business, discrimination, education
January 24, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “I am a recent college graduate with a degree in business administration and applied for a sales job at a black-owned insurance agency. “Within seconds of meeting the owner for an interview, he said, ‘You will do well...
by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment
April 25, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver Karen, a Hanford reader, phoned our office in tears, explaining that she had just finished an interview for a receptionist position and the owner “told me that I am horribly fat, have no idea what clothing is proper for an interview,...
