Soccer Coach Says American University Should Face Bias Claims

A Black foreign soccer coach asked a federal appeals court in Washington to reinstate his claims that American University discriminated against him due to his race, ethnicity, and national origin when it didn’t offer him a job.

A lower court got it wrong when it ruled that a noncitizen applicant living outside the U.S. isn’t protected by federal civil rights law, David Nakhid told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on March 11.

Nakhid brought claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars workplace discrimination, and Section 1981 of the Civil Rights ...