Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. U.S. Code Citation: 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17.(a) All citations in footnotes. Citations to authorities should appear only in footnotes. This case resembles Title VII retaliation claims where the employee "opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice by. Justice Harlan was the lone dissenter in the Civil Rights Cases. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for guidance in evaluating a claim brought under Title IX." (citing Jennings v. Univ. Violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. 2 Reitz worked as a clerk in the City's storm water division. Civil Rights Act of 1964, a landmark federal law that prohibits racial discrimination in the.