Disparate

The U.S. Congress has incorporated disparate impact concepts in antidiscrimination laws, including statutes dealing with civil rights, education, housing, and employment. Example of disparate treatment: providing higher pay to men than women for performing the same job (intentional discrimination) Example of disparate impact: hiring more men than women as construction workers as a result of physical height or strength (unintentional discrimination) Equity is the key word in today's society where the push to rid the country of any type of discrimination is front and center. The government uses disparate impact or disparate outcome to determine if any discrimination is present. In layman's terms the government looks at a particular situation and if there is a disparate outcome there must be racism. If 30% of those in prison are Black and the general population is 13% Black that is a disparate outcome and therefore racist. If 30% of students at Harvard are Asian American and this group is only 7% of the population this represents a disparate outcome and must be racism. If women represent 53% of the population and 25% in congress this is disparate outcome and thus is racist. To completely show the ridiculousness of this concept consider that the NBA has 72% Black players while the general population of Blacks is 13%.