Many on social media have been pointing to a federal guidance from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that identifies the phrase “Go back to where you came from” as language that could violate anti-discrimination laws in the wake of recent attacks by President Trump targeting four lawmakers of color.
On its website, the federal agency, which enforces the government’s employment discrimination laws, states that “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.”
“Examples of potentially unlawful conduct include insults, taunting, or ethnic epithets, such as making fun of a person’s foreign accent or comments like, ‘Go back to where you came from,’ whether made by supervisors or by co-workers,” it adds.
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Federal guidance identifying "go back to where you came from" as discrimination goes viral after Trump attacks https://t.co/GyH1P1XWc2 pic.twitter.com/PODiOkX5Hg
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