With the stated purpose of reaffirming its commitment to end race-based
discrimination in employment, the US Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) revised its long-standing Compliance Manual on April 19,
2006, to address what it calls "contemporary discrimination
issues," according to a press release that accompanied the release of
the revisions. In addition to defining race and color
discrimination, the new Compliance Manual also addresses what it terms
"related protected bases"—national origin, religion, and
"intersectional discrimination," i.e., discrimination based upon
more than one protected basis, such as both race and sex.
