A recent spate of harassment lawsuits by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) shine a light on the pervasiveness of workplace racism and bigotry, some of which is taking place right in our own backyard. In a Sept. 14 press release issued by the EEOC regarding the lawsuits, the agency said that workplace racism "remains a pervasive problem that exists out in the open to be seen by anyone who bothers to look."