Describe how disparate impact differs from overt discrimination in the hiring process.

What will be an ideal response?


Unlike overt or direct discrimination of a protected class, disparate impact is not an
intentional occurrence. Something has occurred in the articulation of the hiring requirements or the way the process occurs that results, unintentionally, that causes
members of a protected class to rarely make it through. Also, unlike overt
discrimination, which is always illegal, disparate-impact discrimination may only
sometimes be illegal. To determine whether or not it violates the Civil Rights Act, the EEOC recommends the four fifths rule, a specific calculation that assesses whether or not the hiring method is discriminatory and causes disparate impact.

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