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by shkkmo 2457 days ago
I am not a lawyer, but I am directly quoting the US Government Agency that is responsible for enforcing these laws.

US employment law prohibits a large number of normally OK employment practices when they have a disparate impact on protected classes.

> For example, an employer's reliance on word-of-mouth recruitment by its mostly Hispanic work force may violate the law if the result is that almost all new hires are Hispanic. [0]

[0] https://www.eeoc.gov//laws/practices/