Racial harassment is up to record levels in offices and factories across the country... Racist graffiti, Ku Klux Klan propaganda and even physical threats including the display of hangman’s nooses are included among the intimidation tools... Racial harassment cases have more than doubled since the early 1990s, hitting an all-time high of 6,977 in 2007, according to EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] data. (Blacks file nine out of 10 race harassment charges.) [refers to lawsuits against Lockheed Martin, AK Steel]