include in the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, criminal background [Felony or Misdemeanor] as a form of discrimination

Discrimination:"The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people..". An opportunity for an equal employment and pay, for services and labor rendered, is at the core of one's pursuit of happiness. The act of telling an individual they are unworthy to provide for themselves or their family goes directly against our constitutional rights and common sense. As long as we continue to treating individuals who will trade a fair, honest day's work for a day's pay as second class citizens we encourage them to harbor hatred against neighbor and government leading to acceptance of unlawful means of income to maintain a realistic means of survival. Every citizen should be given an equal opportunity to carry his or her own weight. Our debt to society has been paid, treat us as such.