Question

Marla, a white woman, is married to an african-american man and has a biracial son. she works as a counselor for a large private school. one day, marla's husband and son stop by the school to pick her up after work. a few days later, marla is fired from her job without any reasonable cause. marla believes that the termination is based on her employer's reaction to her husband and son. thus, marla has a claim under title vii of the civil rights act of 1964 based on:

Answer 1

She has a claim based on discrimination by association.
This term refers to the fact that a person is discriminated against based on their association with another person. In this case, Marla was fired because she was associated with a black and a biracial person, not because of her own actions, personality, or skin color. This is illegal as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids it.