Abercrombie And Fitch Stores Inc Case Summary

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc. Nichols,

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores Inc.:
Equal Rights

Akilah Nichols

Liberty High School

3AB

The case EEOC v. A&F stores Inc. has shown how discrimination of religion is still present in the United States today. This case emphasized Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits the discrimination based on religion (Equal Employment Opportunity Commision, 2015).
Samantha Elauf, a Muslim woman went to a job interview at an Abercrombie & Fitch store wearing a hijab (a headscarf) because of her religion. Due to this, the interviewer?s manager told them to lower her score in the initial
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