The act of discriminating against someone because of race, ethnicity, national origin, or skin color includes withholding pay, limiting opportunities for promotion, failing to hire, terminating, and limiting training. Employees who experience this unfair treatment on the basis of their race have rights to hire race discrimination attorneys to recover damages for such acts. These attorneys protect the rights of the individual and work to bring those found in violation of these laws to justice. Race discrimination law is covered under title VII or the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the government takes these violations very seriously and those found in violation will be punished on a massive scale. This law not only protects obvious infractions of racial discrimination but also protects individuals who are affected by certain policies or ways of doing business which limit them because of their race.