Disparate Impact

Disparate impact is when a an employer discriminates against a group of the same people. An employer may not discriminate against an entire group just because the group may be women or black. Disparate impact is described as discrimination and practices that are fair in form but discriminatory in operation. An example of DI may be having to take a written test, height and weight requirements, educational requirements. Disparate impact cases are very complex in …

…cover Title VII.)" It is obvious that the NCAA was discriminating against minorities and that because the case was tried wrong they were saved and were not held liable. That is why ahter the case was concluded they rewrote their laws. Reference Page: Peters W. Jeremy (1999) The Guardsman Online retrived June 10, 2006 from http://www.ccsf.edu/Events_Pubs/Guardsman/f991208/uwire06.shtml Fair Test Online Retrived June 11, 2006 from http://www.fairtest.org/facts/ncaa.htm