Source: http://employment.findlaw.com/employment-discrimination/racial-discrimination-in-the-workplace.html

This legal website briefly covers the Federal anti-discriminatory law which falls under the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.This law states that employers are prohibited from:

• failing or refusing to hire an employee based on their race;
• firing or disciplining an employee because of their race;
• paying an employee less or providing them fewer benefits on account of their race;
• failing to provide benefits, promotions, or opportunities, to an employee because of their race; and
• improperly classifying or segregating employees or applicants by race.

Title VII also covers you need to know about equal employment opportunities, prohibits sexual harassment and racial harassment in the workplace and so on.