Discrimination from non profit

[24kmagic]

What is the name of your state? Illinois


A public non profit has been banning white people and males simply because they are white or male. Is this legal for them to do that? Can they be sued? Or can people that are banned simply go to public events and they just have to deal with it? Their events are all advertised to the public and they take public donations. It's not like a private club on private property etc. Thanks in advanced.

 

[quincy]

Any funding provided by the government (local, state or federal)?

Look up "freedom of association."

 

[24kmagic]

It's unlikely they get state funding. I will look that up.

 

[quincy]

Here is a link to NAACP v. Alabama, a 1958 US Supreme Court case that speaks to freedom of association (note that language has changed since then): https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/357/449.html

 

[Taxing Matters]

What is the name of your state? Illinois


A public non profit has been banning white people and males simply because they are white or male. Is this legal for them to do that? Can they be sued? Or can people that are banned simply go to public events and they just have to deal with it? Their events are all advertised to the public and they take public donations. It's not like a private club on private property etc. Thanks in advanced.

The details matter. First, what do you mean by the term “public non profit”? What kind of organization is it — what does it do? And what exactly do mean when you say they “ban” people? Is the organization refusing to admit white people or men as members of the organization? Is the organization offering some kind of goods or services to the general public but refusing to serve white people or men?

 

[quincy]

It is assumed by many people that all discrimination based on race, gender, religion, age, marital status, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation is illegal discrimination - and that is not true.

There are many organizations that discriminate legally based on these factors. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), for one example, restricts membership based on age.

But details do matter.