Hwen Hoshino wrote:So what do you want to shoot back with? The US Constitution
Yes, let's hit them with the Constitution!
^ This is Constitutional.Disparate impact in United States labor law refers to practices in employment, housing, and other areas that adversely affect one group of people of a protected characteristic more than another, even though rules applied by employers or landlords are formally neutral. Although the protected classes vary by statute, most federal civil rights laws protect based on race, color, religion, national origin, and sex as protected traits, and some laws include disability status and other traits as well.
Fire departments had to change their facially neutral screening exams because the results were not sufficiently diverse. The Constitution.
Asian students have to ace the SATs to even be considered for the Ivy Leagues. The Constitution.
Now, if we actually read the Constitution to mean what it plainly says, well then, I think we could "shoot back" with the Constitution.