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Civil Right and Racial Discrimination The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is applicable to private and public employers (except federal employers) and protects all members of other ethnic groups (i.e., whites, blacks, Asians, etc…) from racial discrimination. It is unlawful to discriminate based on race in creating and enforcing all contracts, including employment contracts. The Supreme Court has explained that the statute prohibits such acts on the basis of race. “The refusal to enter into a contract with someone as well as the offer to make a contract only on discriminatory terms. [It] does not extend . . . to conduct by the employer after the contract relation has been established, including breach of the terms of the contract or imposition of discriminatory working conditions" (Alexander, 2001). Discrimination in the workplace based on associating with people of a particular race is prohibited. For instance, if an employer fired a white employee because she had black friends, or was dating a black man, the white woman would have a discrimination suit, as to whether or not the employer is prejudiced against whites. Not only does discrimination happen against blacks and whites, it sometimes happens based upon “colo