I am assuming someone can still be called a fat pos or any other vulgar demeaning phrase but it looks like being and illegal alien has its protection perks up there with the trans proper pronoun groups.
They give hypotheticals but as the article points out you can be fined 250k for calling someone and illegal alien in a demeaning way. I live in a very liberal city but NYC and San Fran has a way to take the craziness to volume 11 in which other cities can’t match.
“A commission outlined the ways discrimination can be based on someone’s “actual or perceived ‘alienage and citizenship status,’ and ‘national origin.’”
also ban discrimination against someone based on their English proficiency and threats to call immigration authorities on someone “based on a discriminatory motive.” These violations can result in fines up to $250,000.
As provided in the article examples of what could get you in trouble.
A landlord threatens to call US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement if an Indian immigrant family complains in housing court, after they find mold and cockroaches in their unit.
A hotel prohibiting its housekeepers from speaking another language because it would “offend” guests.
What if…call someone an “illegal alien drinking a17oz Coke”? Then…wouldn’t the negative times a negative equate into a positive and keep you from being fined in crazytown, USA?
I don’t think it’s exactly nice to tell people what language to speak but a $250,000 fine? Banning words and offensive terms can go bad quick. Being a butthead was protected under the first amendment or at least I had thought.
Going to be hilarious to see the first case work it’s way up through the courts and the massive civil rights case and settlement from the city that follows.
A store owner tells two people speaking Thai to “speak English” or “go back to your country.”
This law has no possibility of surviving in the courts and the city is looking at millions in losses in civil rights actions if they try to implement it.
