Press & Media
June 9, 2009
African American Legends: Douglas White
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. sits down with FDNY Deputy Commissioner Doug White to talk about recruiting minorities, the process behind becoming a firefighter, the application/testing process for the city fire department and the progress Commissioner White has made in these areas.
Selected Press Clips
The New York Times
March 13, 1989
Housing Bias Still Pervades The New York Region
“Housing is amazing closed in the city, amazing closed in the suburbs,” said Douglas H White, Commissioner of Human Rights of the New York State Division “I think it’s striking, the degree to which we have segregation”
The New York Times
December 1, 1988
Transit Driver who Miscarried Wins Bias Case: Was Denied Light Duty - To Get $450,000
In announcing the decision yesterday the State Human Rights Commissioner called the case “the most shocking instance of abuse of an employee by an employer” in at least 20 years. Mr. White said the Transit Authority’s disability policy violated state human rights law by treating pregnant women differently from workers with other temporary disabilities.
Utica Daily Press
October 30, 1985
Douglas H. White: Sexual Harassment Growing
Figures don’t reflect full extent of problem, state human rights chief says, Sexual harassment in the workplace is on the rise, the Commissioner of Human Rights talked to 200 people at the third annual dinner of the Utica Commission of Human Relations last night.
The Daily News
July 28, 1989
Trash Gay-Bashers, They Say
As police continued seeking suspects in Sunday’s anti-gay gang attack on two men in Carl Schurz Park a group of state and city human rights officials gathered yesterday to demand tougher punishment for such attacks. “Obviously, this kind of violence can’t take place in this society,” said Human Rights Commissioner Douglas White. “We abhor it.”
The New York Times
February 1, 1986
Rights Unit Investigates Search at a Social Club
The State Division of Human Rights is investigating a complaint by an Italian American group in Greenwich Village that a task force on organized crime, in the search for a murder suspect, raided the club with a sledgehammer last week and intimidated an elderly member at gunpoint.
There were charges by Italian American groups that indiscriminate raids were unfair harassment of Italian American. At news conference at the club, Commissioner Douglas White said “ What happen here proves that you don’t have to be Black or brown to be victimized by discrimination of violence or vandalism”. “The wanton destruction you see here is a result of ethnic stereotyping”.
The New York Amsterdam News
November 26, 1988
Court Upholds $350G Award in Bank Bias Case
An Order by New York Human Rights Commissioner Douglas H. White directing National Westminister Bank, USA to pay a former bank officer over $350, 000 in compensation for discriminating against her because of her sex and race, has been upheld.
The New York Amsterdam News
April 11, 1987
Task Force Urges Tough Penalty for Racial Crimes
Douglas H. White, Chair of the New York State Force on Bias Related urge the Legislature to give early consideration and approval to proposed legislation to increase penalties for bias motivated crimes.
Speaking Engagements & Contact
Douglas H. White is available to speak on any issues related to his vast experience regarding civil /human rights, diversity, equity and his memoir on segregation and Jim Crow.