Title VII Foundations
Disparate Treatment vs. Impact
Color & Race Concepts
National Origin & Language
History & Context
100

This law prohibits employment discrimination based on race and color.

What is Title VII?

100

Intentional discrimination based on race is called this.

What is disparate treatment?

100

Discrimination based on skin shade, tone, or complexion is this.

What is color discrimination?

100

Discrimination based on a person’s country, ancestry, or culture is this.

What is national origin discrimination?

100

The Civil Rights Act that includes Title VII was passed in this year.

When is 1964?

200

Under Title VII, race discrimination protections apply to this group.

What is all races (or everyone)?

200

A neutral policy that disproportionately harms a protected group is this.

What is disparate impact?

200

Color discrimination can occur even among people of this same group.

What is the same race?

200

Title VII protects individuals working in the U.S. regardless of this status.

What is citizenship?

200

This Supreme Court case ended racial segregation in public schools.

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

300

Race claims make up about this portion of all Title VII charges.

What is about one-third?

300

A workplace “no-beard” policy that affects many Black men is an example of this.

What is disparate impact?

300

Favoring lighter-skinned employees over darker-skinned employees is discrimination based on this.

What is color?

300

Employment decisions based on an employee’s accent may be illegal unless it affects this.

What is job performance?

300

The Civil War ended, legally ending slavery in the United States, in this year.

What is 1865?

400

All discrimination claims must be supported by this.

What is evidence?

400

Racial harassment is legally considered this type of discrimination.

What is disparate treatment?

400

Title VII protects employees from discrimination based on their relationship with someone of another race.

What is discrimination based on association?

400

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English-only workplace rules are legal only if required for this.

What is business necessity?

400

The Voting Rights Act was passed in this year.

What is 1965?

500

Employers who use preventive systems consistently tend to do this in discrimination cases.

What is avoid liability (or successfully defend themselves)?

500

For harassment to violate the law, the conduct must be this level.

What is severe and pervasive?

500

When discrimination involves race plus another factor, such as gender, it is known as this.

What is race-plus discrimination?

500

National origin claims often involve this workplace issue related to communication ability.

What are language or English-fluency requirements?

500

This modern movement brought renewed national attention to systemic racial inequality.

What is the Black Lives Matter movement?